16.04.2025


In commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) presents The Silenced Crime: Forcible Child Transfer During the Armenian Genocide, a scholarly volume edited by AGMI Director Dr. Edita Gzoyan.

This publication features contributions from AGMI researchers Dr. Edita Gzoyan, Dr. Regina Galustyan, Dr. Narine Margaryan, Dr. Shushan Khachatryan, Dr. Robert Tatoyan, Dr. Harutyun Marutyan, and French-Armenian historian Dr. Raymond Kévorkian, Chair of AGMI’s Board of Trustees. The volume is published in collaboration with the Institute for Armenian Studies at Yerevan State University and constitutes the inaugural volume of the newly launched Armenian History and Culture series by Brill | Schöningh (Series link: https://brill.com/view/serial/AHUC). The series is co-edited by Dr. Ashot Hayruni and Dr. Robert Sukiasyan. The contributors’ research focuses on various aspects of the forcible transfer and assimilation of Armenian children during the genocide—as a systematic policy by the Young Turk regime aimed at eradicating Armenian identity. Armenian children were targeted as part of a broader genocidal strategy: they were forcibly separated from their roots and placed in Muslim households or state-run orphanages. Through a combination of official decrees and individual initiatives, a systematic erasure of their national identity took place—through religious conversion, changes to personal data, and concealment of their true origins.

Through interdisciplinary analysis—spanning historical, legal, religious, anthropological, statistical, and sociological perspectives—the volume positions the forcible transfer of children as an essential component of the genocidal process. It also addresses subsequent efforts aimed at rescuing the children and restoring their Armenian identity.

The e-book of the volume is accessible via the following link: https://brill.com/display/title/71069.

Hardback publication will be available starting May 12.