Armenian Survivor Aurora Mardiganian on Genocide

Aurora Mardiganian speaks here as a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. But from 19181920, she was also the face of the Genocide to literally millions of Americans and to others throughout the world. Her tragic, horrific story was told through a 1918 semiautobiographical book, Ravished Armenia, and a 1919 screen adaptation, also known as Auction of Souls. With the immediacy of a newsreel, the human side to the Genocide was brought to the screen. Working with Near East Relief and with the support of the wea