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Southern Connecticut State University
Office of Public Affairs
Betsy Beacom, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Tel: 203-392-6589
Email: [email protected]
Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Conn., will host a
screening of the film Orphans of the Genocide, followed by a
question-and-answer session with the film's writer and director, Bared
Maronian, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m.
Orphans of the Genocide is a documentary created by the Armenoid Team
that brings to life secret
documents pertaining to the systematic Turkification campaigns of
hundreds of thousands of Armenian orphans by the Ottoman Empire.
By the end of WWI, over 150,000 Armenian children were left parentless
as a direct result of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman
Authorities. Near East Relief commissioned by the U.S. Congress
catered to over 132,000 Armenian orphans alone. Orphans of the
Genocide includes a feature interview by Maurice Missak Kelechian,
whose findings unveiled the secrets of an orphanage in Antoura near
Beirut, Lebanon, where 1,000 Armenian Genocide orphans were being
turkified. Mr. Kelechian's research prompted an article by
award-winning journalist Robert Fisk of The Independent magazine. This
documentary also includes testimonials from children of Armenian
Genocide orphans.
For more information about the September 9 film screening and
discussion, including a film trailer, please visit:
http://calendar.southernct.edu/index.php?eID=909
Office of Public Affairs
Betsy Beacom, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Tel: 203-392-6589
Email: [email protected]
Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Conn., will host a
screening of the film Orphans of the Genocide, followed by a
question-and-answer session with the film's writer and director, Bared
Maronian, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m.
Orphans of the Genocide is a documentary created by the Armenoid Team
that brings to life secret
documents pertaining to the systematic Turkification campaigns of
hundreds of thousands of Armenian orphans by the Ottoman Empire.
By the end of WWI, over 150,000 Armenian children were left parentless
as a direct result of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman
Authorities. Near East Relief commissioned by the U.S. Congress
catered to over 132,000 Armenian orphans alone. Orphans of the
Genocide includes a feature interview by Maurice Missak Kelechian,
whose findings unveiled the secrets of an orphanage in Antoura near
Beirut, Lebanon, where 1,000 Armenian Genocide orphans were being
turkified. Mr. Kelechian's research prompted an article by
award-winning journalist Robert Fisk of The Independent magazine. This
documentary also includes testimonials from children of Armenian
Genocide orphans.
For more information about the September 9 film screening and
discussion, including a film trailer, please visit:
http://calendar.southernct.edu/index.php?eID=909