• Reproduction of Ezekiel Dermidjian’s orphanage card, 1917-1918. In 1917, Ezekiel fled the town where he was born. He first made his way to Aleppo and then to the Near East Relief orphanage in Byblos, Lebanon. He was eventually reunited with his mother in Beirut in 1923. Source: Dermidjian Family Collection

The stories of genocide

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The stories of genocide

Sharing the experience of genocide entails stories of persecution and horror. Though they are difficult to share and to listen to, the stories ensure that the events are not forgotten and thwart the impunity of the perpetrators.

While words and images can never fully convey the brutal reality of the deportations, torture and killings, the peoples of the world must know the history of genocides so that they may, according to renowned historian and Holocaust scholar Yehuda Bauer, “…distance humanity as far away as possible from these extreme forms of mass murder.”