Holocaust Memorial Day and "Telling the Story"

PRESS RELEASE

Gomidas Institute (London)
27 January 2012

Dedicated to United Kingdom's Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January 2012) and its message "Speak Up, Speak Out"

The Armenian Genocide remains a defining chapter in modern history, as it paved the way to Hitler's Germany and beyond. The Armenian issue has become more complex in over years because of Turkey's continued and forecful denial of the historical record -- threatening to serve as an exemplary case of mass murder and denial as policies of state. On the other hand, more countries recognise the Armenian Genocide than ever before, and ordinary Turks have begun to speak out and bear witness to the wrongs suffered by Armenians.

The Gomidas Institute remains at the forefront of academic research and publications related to the Armenian Genocide. The Institute's Armenian Genocide Documentation Project, as well as other monographs, have had a great impact within academia and politics.We hope to continue working in this direction.

The Gomidas Institute is an independent academic institution dedicated to modern Armenian and Regional Studies. For more details about our work please write toinfo@gomidas.org. For our publications please visit www.gomidas.org

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NEW PUBLICATION
Telling the Story
The Armenian Genocide in The New York Times
and Missionary Herald 1914-1918

by Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht

with a foreword by Dickran Kouymjian

Telling the Story focuses on two leading journals, The New York Times and Missionary Herald, to see how news of the Armenian Genocide filtered through to the United States between 1914-18. It also looks at how the American public reacted to such news with a humanitarian intervention program. There were undoubted differences between the two journals, as The New York Times was a leading news organization while Missionary Herald was part of an institution with vested interests in Turkey. However, the flow of information to the outside world was clear and compelling, especially as many reports were actually written by United States officials in Turkey and leaked to the press by the State Department in Washington DC.
Telling the Story is an invaluable addition to our understanding of the Armenian Genocide and United States policy in the Near East.

BIBLIOINFO: Anne Elbrecht, Telling the Story: The Armenian Genocide in The New York Times and Missionary Herald 1914-1918, London: Gomidas Institute, 2012. 254 pages, map, pb., US$28.00 / UK£18.00. To order please contact info@gomidas.org