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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: George Shirinian
DATE: October 30, 2003 Tel: 416-250-9807
Journal of Genocide Research Publishes Study by Vahakn Dadrian on
Children as Victims of the Armenian Genocide
The latest issue of the Journal of Genocide Research, which is
affiliated with the International Association of Genocide Scholars,
and which just came off the press in London, has a detailed and
multi-faceted study by Prof. Vahakn Dadrian of the Zoryan Institute
on children as victims of the Armenian Genocide.
"We are very pleased to see that Prof. Dadrian's scholarly output is
continuing unabated," remarked George Shirinian, Director of the Zoryan
Institute. "We are especially gratified that Armenian Genocide studies
are at a stage where we no longer have to defensively attempt to prove
that genocide took place, but are now able to explore important themes
of how and why the Armenian Genocide took place," he continued.
Prior to submitting this study for publication, Dr. Dadrian presented
it at a number of academic conferences, where scholars have the
opportunity to share and discuss their research. It was first used
by the organizers of the annual Holocaust commemorative ceremonies
in London in 2001; subsequently it was posted on the website of the
British Ministry of Education. Earlier this year, it was read at the
conference titled, "Dialogue Between Turkish and Armenian Historians"
at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis (also known as the "Third
Turkish-Armenian Workshop"). Most recently, the paper was presented
at the Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Association of
Genocide Scholars that was held at the Irish Centre for Human Rights,
National University of Ireland, Galway, in June.
Several holocaust and genocide scholars have commented on
the significance of this specialized and pioneering study
by Prof. Dadrian, which can serve as a model for research in
other cases of genocide. While collecting his research material,
Prof. Dadrian himself admitted, "I was astounded to discover that
the fiendish killing operations of children were not limited to the
three standard methods commonly utilized in the Armenian Genocide,
namely, murder through mutilation, mass drowning in rivers and lakes,
and burning alive huge masses of people in stables, haylofts, and
other dwellings. In the case of infants and children, burying the
victims alive in large ditches was also a method frequently used,"
he reported, "and there is one case involving the steaming to death
of babies, which reminds one chillingly of the Nazi gas chambers.
This new publication is amply documented with forty-five endnotes
and contains seven sections: The General Picture; The Variety of
Methods Used in the Liquidation of Children; Trabzon, a Microcosm of
Multi-level Child-killings; The Drowning Operations; Serial Rapes;
Other Sites of Drownings and Serial Rapes; The Scope of Homosexual
Rapes; The Holocaust of Armenian Children: Infernal Mass Deaths
by Burning Alive; The Elements of License for Fiendishness against
Armenian Children; Scant Exceptions: Benign Turks.
In preparing this study, Prof. Dadrian relied almost entirely on
non-Armenian sources, mainly German, Austrian, Swiss, Swedish, and
American eyewitnesses, to maximize objectivity and reliability. The
study also contains some rare Turkish eyewitness accounts.
The full reference to the article is, Vahakn N. Dadrian, "Children as
Victims of Genocide: The Armenian Case," Journal of Genocide Research
5, no. 3 (September 2003): 421-437.
Those interested in obtaining an offprint of this article may contact
the Zoryan Institute, 255 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 310, Toronto, Canada
M3B 3H9, Tel. 416-250-9807, Fax 416-512-1736, E-mail [email protected].
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: George Shirinian
DATE: October 30, 2003 Tel: 416-250-9807
Journal of Genocide Research Publishes Study by Vahakn Dadrian on
Children as Victims of the Armenian Genocide
The latest issue of the Journal of Genocide Research, which is
affiliated with the International Association of Genocide Scholars,
and which just came off the press in London, has a detailed and
multi-faceted study by Prof. Vahakn Dadrian of the Zoryan Institute
on children as victims of the Armenian Genocide.
"We are very pleased to see that Prof. Dadrian's scholarly output is
continuing unabated," remarked George Shirinian, Director of the Zoryan
Institute. "We are especially gratified that Armenian Genocide studies
are at a stage where we no longer have to defensively attempt to prove
that genocide took place, but are now able to explore important themes
of how and why the Armenian Genocide took place," he continued.
Prior to submitting this study for publication, Dr. Dadrian presented
it at a number of academic conferences, where scholars have the
opportunity to share and discuss their research. It was first used
by the organizers of the annual Holocaust commemorative ceremonies
in London in 2001; subsequently it was posted on the website of the
British Ministry of Education. Earlier this year, it was read at the
conference titled, "Dialogue Between Turkish and Armenian Historians"
at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis (also known as the "Third
Turkish-Armenian Workshop"). Most recently, the paper was presented
at the Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Association of
Genocide Scholars that was held at the Irish Centre for Human Rights,
National University of Ireland, Galway, in June.
Several holocaust and genocide scholars have commented on
the significance of this specialized and pioneering study
by Prof. Dadrian, which can serve as a model for research in
other cases of genocide. While collecting his research material,
Prof. Dadrian himself admitted, "I was astounded to discover that
the fiendish killing operations of children were not limited to the
three standard methods commonly utilized in the Armenian Genocide,
namely, murder through mutilation, mass drowning in rivers and lakes,
and burning alive huge masses of people in stables, haylofts, and
other dwellings. In the case of infants and children, burying the
victims alive in large ditches was also a method frequently used,"
he reported, "and there is one case involving the steaming to death
of babies, which reminds one chillingly of the Nazi gas chambers.
This new publication is amply documented with forty-five endnotes
and contains seven sections: The General Picture; The Variety of
Methods Used in the Liquidation of Children; Trabzon, a Microcosm of
Multi-level Child-killings; The Drowning Operations; Serial Rapes;
Other Sites of Drownings and Serial Rapes; The Scope of Homosexual
Rapes; The Holocaust of Armenian Children: Infernal Mass Deaths
by Burning Alive; The Elements of License for Fiendishness against
Armenian Children; Scant Exceptions: Benign Turks.
In preparing this study, Prof. Dadrian relied almost entirely on
non-Armenian sources, mainly German, Austrian, Swiss, Swedish, and
American eyewitnesses, to maximize objectivity and reliability. The
study also contains some rare Turkish eyewitness accounts.
The full reference to the article is, Vahakn N. Dadrian, "Children as
Victims of Genocide: The Armenian Case," Journal of Genocide Research
5, no. 3 (September 2003): 421-437.
Those interested in obtaining an offprint of this article may contact
the Zoryan Institute, 255 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 310, Toronto, Canada
M3B 3H9, Tel. 416-250-9807, Fax 416-512-1736, E-mail [email protected].