Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations and Tables vi
4. Acknowledgments viii
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 The Diarist, his Environment and the Reasons for Keeping a Diary 15
7. Chapter 2 The Deportees in the Region of Bilad al-Sham: A Race Against Time at Breakneck Speed 51
8. Chapter 3 The Circle of Salvation in Extreme Conditions: Money-Food-Connections 80
9. Chapter 4 Descriptions of the Deportees’ Decline The Deaths of Shoghagat, Hagop, Krikor, Diruhi, and Many Others 128
10. Chapter 5 From Forced Islamization to Emancipation: Two Historical Episodes and their Contradictions 155
11. Afterword 184
12. Glossary 199
13. Index 201