Vergeen: A Survivor of the Armenian Genocide

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Summary: The Best Written Book Regarding The Armenian Genocide!
Review: Vergeen is a book about a woman's struggle through the Armenian Genocide. Mae Derdarian - a first time author - writes a wonderful book that reads like an Anne Frank biography. Vergeen's struggle and determination to survive against the odds and the deaths of her loved one's shows the strength of the Armenians. I would recommend this book to all that wants to understand the Armenian genocide.

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Summary: Vergeen is an exquisite work.
Review: Vergeen is by far one of the finest testaments of survival against the forces of evil and deceit I have encountered. Ms. Derdarian has embroidered a very livid tale, surviving not only hiddeous oppression but time as well. Vergeen is facinating & engrossing. A singular in the universe - if it were not unique- I would not have published it.

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Summary: the most enthralling genocide book in years
Review: Vergeen is one of the best accounts of survival against oppression I have read in a long long time. It has all the earmarks of a great page turner along with very vivid recollections of true heroism. It gives one to wonder how the human spirit can survive such abuse - a testament to the moral elasticity of those rare individuals who possess the pluck to survive against all odds. A VERY VERY EXCITING BOOK TO BE SURE! Thumbs up! Definately no to be missed!

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Summary: 1915 !! TWISTED FACTS!!
Review: Vergeen, by Mae Derdarian, is a memoir of a survivor of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The book is the story of one woman's heroic struggle to survive the consequences of the Ottoman Turkish government's planned extermination of its Armenian population during WWI. In her recently acclaimed book," A Problem From Hell," author Samantha Power, executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard, states unequivocally that the Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th century. She states that Raphael Lemkin, the author of the word "genocide," was motivated by the "Turkish atrocities" against the Armenian population of Turkey when he fought for recognition of "genocide" as a unique crime against humanity. Vergeen is a personal testimony of a survivor of this first genocide.

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Summary: First Genocide of the Twentieth Century
Review: Vergeen, by Mae Derdarian, is a memoir of a survivor of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The book is the story of one woman's heroic struggle to survive the consequences of the Ottoman Turkish government's planned extermination of its Armenian population during WWI. In her recently acclaimed book," A Problem From Hell," author Samantha Power, executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard, states unequivocally that the Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th century. She states that Raphael Lemkin, the author of the word "genocide," was motivated by the "Turkish atrocities" against the Armenian population of Turkey when he fought for recognition of "genocide" as a unique crime against humanity. Vergeen is a personal testimony of a survivor of this first genocide.

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Summary: Interesting
Review: Very interesting to see how some turks reacted to this book. The same way their ancestors reacted to the extermination of Armenians in the XXth century. The book is great and thanks to everyone who had a chance to read it and reveal their honest unbiased opinion.

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Summary: not true
Review: Yes, many ethnic Armenians perished in the period mentioned in the book. No, it was not a genocide. A greater number of ethnic Turks died at the hands of nationalist Armenian bands at the same time and place. People were killing each other all over the place. For it to be a "genocide", it would have to be a planned act of extermination of ALL Armenians in the country by the state, and it was not like that. The order was to transport the Armenians in one particular part of the country to another part. Armenians in places like Istanbul were not touched at all. People of all ethnic origins had a very bad time in general. "Genocide" is the wrong word here.