02619cam0 22003253  450000500170000001000320001703500210004903500090007010000410007910100130012010200070013320001400014021000670028021500670034730000220041432000260043633012630046260000310172560600730175660600700182960600900189960600630198960600570205270000470210970200340215670200450219080100260223580100180226180100140227920170117161903.0  a1-903656-07-9bBr.d£24.00  a(OCoLC)492066176  a1206  a20030616h20012001k  y0frey50      ba1 aengcdan  aGB1 aDiaries of a Danish missionarybTexte impriméeHarpoot, 1907-1919fMaria Jacobseng(trad.) Kristen Vindg(ed. et intro.) Ara Sarafian  aPrincetonaLondoncGomidas Institute Booksd2001gBiddles Ltd.  a1 vol. ([xix]-266 p.)cill., couv. ill., carte., portr.d25 cm  aLivre en anglais.  aNotes bibliogr. Index  aMaria Jacobsen was a Danish missionary stationed in Harpoot in the early part of the twentieth century--including during the genocide of Armenians in 1915. Her diaries constitute a key eyewitness account of the treatment of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. Jacobsen's diaries were translated from the original Danish by Kristen Vind and edited by Ara Sarafian.

According to Sarafian, these diaries are "documentation of the utmost significance" and comparable to the eyewitness accounts of Henry Riggs ("Days of Tragedy in Armenia"), Tacy Atkinson ("The German, the Turk and the Devil Made a Triple Alliance"), and the reports filed by U. S. Consul Leslie Davis. However, unlike these American witnesses, who had to leave this region in April 1917 (when the United States entered World War I), Jacobsen carries on her narrative until the end of the war. In this sense it is a more complete record of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.

Maria Jacobsen watched the persecution of Armenians from close quarters and tried to save as many Armenian women and children as she could. She pleaded with the Ottoman authorities, provided clandestine relief, and recorded what she saw. Her diaries are invaluable for a critical understanding of the Armenian Genocide. 1aJacobsenbMariaf1882-2lc  3027293610aFemmes missionnaires3066838401yHarput (Turquie)2rameau  3032247567aMissions danoises3066838401yHarput (Turquie)2rameau  3032247567aMissions danoises3027358798yEmpire ottomanz1909-1918 (Mehmet V)2rameau  3032247567aMissions danoises3027316211yArménie2rameau  3027349675aGénocide arménien (1915-1916)2rameau 13072252146aJacobsenbMariaf1882-19604070 13072252405aVindbKristen4730 13059671831aSarafianbAraf1961-....4070 3bAbesc20140203gAFNOR  bIeDuTCgAACR2 2bUkgAACR2