Yet they are fair in their judgments and do not suppress evidence of the humanity and kindness to the Armenians of many Turks who opposed the deportation and bloodshed. . . . Thousands of other Armenians suffered torture, brutality, deportation. Yet their story has received scant attention.
Survivors raise important issues about genocide and about how people cope with traumatic experience.
Much here is wrenchingly painful, yet it also speaks to the strength of the human spirit. Lorna Touryan Miller is Director of the Office for Creative Connections at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California. Her parents survived the Armenian genocide.