Anoush Baghdassarian Author & Editor

John Minassian, a young man when the Armenian genocide occurred, was one of only two survivors in his family. He ultimately was able to immigrate to the United States, where he lived until his death in 1991.

His grandson, Roderic Ai Camp,isMcKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim at Claremont McKenna College. His books include The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico.

Wendy Lower, co-author of the introduction, is director of the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights, John K. Roth Professor of History, and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. Her book Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields was a National Book Award finalist.

Anoush Baghdassarian, coauthor of the introduction, completed her BA at Claremont McKenna College and MA from Columbia University in Human Rights Studies. She is enrolled at Harvard Law School focusing on international criminal law, and she is the author of Found, a play that honors the history of those who suffered in the Turkish genocide of the Armenians.