April 24th: Varoujan’s Arrest

April 24th: Varoujan’s Arrest

April 24th 1915, Taniel Varoujan, a magnificent poet, aged 31, was arrested at his home in Constantinople, never to return. Varoujan was one of hundreds Armenian intellectuals arrested that night which was the start of the calamity which became the Armenian Genocide....
The Beginning: Garo Berberian

The Beginning: Garo Berberian

I was given a book by a friend – it was by Aram Andonian’s book entitled “Exile, Trauma and Death”, and it was an absolutely fascinating read, describing the story of the Armenian intellectuals who were arrested on April 24th 1915 and their journey to...