Marjorie Housepian Dobkin (1922–2013)
Auteur van Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City
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Fotografie: Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, author of Smyrna 1922, photo by her uncle Kegham Ashjian By Kegham Ashjian - This is a family photo of my mother taken by her uncle, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76606208
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1922-11-21
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2013-02-08
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
- Opleiding
- Barnard College (AB|1944)
- Beroepen
- professor of English
academic administrator - Organisaties
- Barnard College
Institute on the Study of Genocide at John Jay College
Institute of the Holocaust and Genocide in Israel
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The Smyrna affair door Marjorie Housepian Dobkin
An account of the sack of Smyrna by the Turks in 1922. Also an account of how political interests and money interests can easily trump mere humanitarian concerns; per orders, the Allied ships waited in the harbor while watching the citizens of Smyrna (Greeks and Armenians) be burned to death by Turkish soldiers. Although some individuals act heroically (American Consul Horton saved thousands; and many French naval personnel let refugees escape if they could speak French and claimed to be French nationals), overall informative but depressing.… (meer)
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