ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DOCUMENTS - BOOKS

Armenian Genocide Documentation - Vols. 1 & 2 [DS195.5.A73/1987] Munich: Institute for Armenian Affairs, 1987, 654 pp

An extensive collection of European documents and extracts regarding the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide, in English, French and German.

The second volume contains all documents concerning the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide for the years 1912 - 1918 in the Austrian Archives. The authenticated documents of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, are all the more important given the fact that this state was an ally of Ottoman Turkey during World War I. Most documents have been reprinted in the original German language.

The Treatment of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915 - 1916: Documents Presented to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs [DS195.5.T74/1988] Viscount Bryce. Beirut: G. Donikian & Sons, 1972, 684 pp

A compendium of eyewitness accounts, some of which were collected even as the Armenian Genocide was underway. The accounts are from a variety of sources: people passing through or living in the Ottoman Empire who had the opportunity to observe the deportations and their consequences; native of Ottoman Turkey - mostly Armenians who either escaped or were able to get letters out of the country; and German citizens who were in Turkey during the massacres and subsequently published their accounts in their own countries. The books provides detailed information on the destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and includes a place-by-place description of the extermination process that occurred in Van, Erzeroum, Aleppo and other towns. Of special importance is a chapter by British historian Arnold Toynbee that summarises Armenian History up to the year 1915.

British Foreign Office Dossiers on Turkish War Criminals [On order - see CCGS] Yeghiayan, Vartkes. La Verne, Calif: American Armenian International College, 1991, 500 pp

The Treatment of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire: Documents presented to Secretary State of England for Foreign Affairs [DS195.5.T74/1988] Toynbee, Arnold J. (ed.). Beirut: G. Donigian, 1988, 30 pp

United States Official Documents on the Armenian Genocide: Archival Collections on the Armenian Genocide. Volume I: The Lower Euphrates [On order - see CCGS] Sarafian, Ara (ed.). Boston: Armenian Review Inc., 1993, 186 pp

The Slaughterhouse Province: An American Diplomat's Report on the Armenian Genocide of 1915 - 1917 [SR & DS195.5.D379/1989, CCGS] Davis, Leslie A. New York: Aristide D. Caratzas, 1988, 224 pp

An American diplomat's eyewitness account of the Armenian Genocide. When Leslie A. Davis, US Consul in Harput in eastern Asia Minor from 1915 to 1917, ventured out of the city, he found that the Ottoman policy of deportation of the Armenians went much further than forcible relocation. In his repeated forays into the countryside he saw bodies of thousands of slaughtered Armenians. Davis realised the need for a full record of the atrocities. He brought along a doctor, who determined and described the causes of death, and a photographer, who took pictures of the victims.

Davis summarised his findings in a report to the US State Department written in 1918. Little attention was paid to it, and it was filed away in an obscure archive. Seventy years went by before Susan Blair, a scholar doing research, came upon Davis's report. The Slaughterhouse Province reprints this report; it also includes the photographs of the victims and a commentary by Blair putting the documents in their historical context.

Ambassador Morgenthau's Story [Stack D520.T8.M6] Morgenthau, Henry. New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1918, 407 pp

The memoirs of Henry Morgenthau, the American Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1916, who was present at the time of the Ottoman destruction of the Armenians. Morgenthau recounts several conversations he had with Talaat Pasha, the Ottoman Minister for the Interior and one of the architects of the Armenian Genocide. Morgenthau tried unsuccessfully to intervene on behalf of the Armenians on many occasions, and he reveals his horror and frustration at the callous intransigence of the Young Turk leaders.

Sample Chapters: Talaat Tells Why He Deported the Armenians

"I Shall Do Nothing for the Armenians" Says the German Ambassador

The Armenian Genocide: Facts and Documents [SR & DS195.5.A735, CCGS] Ternon, Yves (ed.). New York: Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, 1985, 51 pp

The Armenian Genocide - News Accounts from the American Press, 1915 - 1922 Kloian, Richard D. [DR435.A7.A75/1985] Berkeley: Anto Printing, 1985, 388 pp

A compilation of over 200 articles from the New York Times, 68 articles from 14 other periodicals, reports from American Ambassador Morgenthau from his post in Constantinople, scores of accounts by American consuls, teachers, missionaries, German, Turkish, Italian and Danish eyewitnesses, and Genocide survivors.

Genocide: Essays and Documents [AP2.A7277] Armenian Review (Special Issue), Spring 1984, Volume 37, No.1. Boston: Armenian Review Inc., 1984, 202 pp

A collection of essays devoted to two aspects of the Armenian Genocide: historiography and documentation. The essays cite as sources some 30 official US government documents from the State Department, which were declassified in 1961, and from the US Inquiry Files, which were declassified in 1980. The documents, which are reprinted in their entirety, are reports by US diplomatic personnel and American and European missionaries who witnessed the tragic events.

The Armenian Genocide as Reported in the Australian Press [DS195.5.A733/1983] Sydney: Armenian National Committee of Australia, 1983, 119 pp

Reprints of news reports of the Armenian Genocide from the Australian press including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Daily Telegraph.