Commemorating the Armenian Genocide

List of Figures
Foreword by Levon Abrahamian
Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration

Introduction

1 April 24, 1915 19

2 Early Efforts and Formation of the Tradition of Commemoration of the Victims of Medz Yeghern

· The First Commemorations for the Victims of Medz Yeghern
· The Armistice Years and the Revival of Armenian Socio-Cultural Life in Constantinople
· Yervant Odian: A Proposition for a Day of Remembrance
· The April 11th Board for a Mourning Ceremony of 1919
· The 1919 Mourning Ceremony
· The Issue of Commemoration of the Victims of the Medz Yeghern in the First Republic of Armenia
· Soviet-Turkish Treaties, the Issue of Nationalism, and the Impossibility of Celebrating Remembrance Day During Stalin's Reign
· Remembrance of the Medz Yeghern During Stalin's Reign: The Prewar Years
· Remembrance of the Medz Yeghern During Stalin's Reign: The War and Post-war Years

3 Developments and Current State of the Medz Yeghern/Armenian Genocide Victims Commemoration Tradition

· The Issue of Remembrance of Medz Yeghern in the period of the "Thaw"
· The Armenian Church and the Issue of Commemoration of the Memory of the Victims of Medz Yeghern from the 1920s to the 1960s
· The Commemoration of the Victims of the Medz Yeghern on April 24 by Diasporan Armenian Communities from the 1920s to the 1950s
· Mourning Ceremonies on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Medz Yeghern: Conclusions and Assessments
· A Path to the Celebration of the Remembrance Day in Soviet Armenia: April 24, 1965
· Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Medz Yeghern by the Armenian Church
· The Specifics of the Commemoration of the Medz Yeghern Remembrance Day in the Diaspora
· Further Commemorations of Remembrance Day of the Victims of Medz Yeghern in Soviet Armenia: The Prescription of Remembrance Day in the Law
· The Karabakh Movement and the Change in Content of the Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide
· The Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide as a Political Factor

4 The Memorial to the Victims of the Armenian Genocide as a Site of Memory: The History of the Construction, the Road, the Cross-Stone Square, and the Remembrance Grove

· The "Biography" of the Memorial
· How the Decision Was Made to Build the Genocide Memorial
· Building of the Memorial
· The Memorial: A General Description
· The March to the Memorial: The Road
· The March to the Memorial: Memorial Sculptures
· The March to the Memorial: The Armenian Genocide in the Past and the Present and the Khach'k'ars' Square
· The March to the Memorial: The International Recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the Remembrance/Spruce Grove

5 Armenian Genocide Victims' Memorial as a Site of Memory: The Memorial Wall, the Memorial Column, the Platform, the Memorial Hall, and the Museum

· The March to the Memorial: Preserving the Memory of the Historical Homeland and the Memorial Wall
· The March to the Memorial: The Memorial Wall in the Context of Manifestations of Humanitarianism
· The March to the Memorial and the Theme of Struggle and Heroes: The Graves of Freedom Fighters
· The March to the Memorial: From Genocide to the Idea of Rebirth and the Memorial Column
· The March to the Memorial: Platform
· The March to the Memorial: The Enduring Memory of the Genocide and Memorial Hall/Crypt/Temple of Eternity
· The March to the Memorial: Museum
· The Memorial to the Victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Context of Commemorative Rituals of the Armenian People
· Some Conclusions

6 The Motto "I Remember and Demand" and the Challenges Facing the Transmission of Armenian Genocide Memory in the Twenty-First Century

· Whom Do I Remember?
· What Do I Remember?
· How Do I Remember?
· What Do I Demand?
· From Whom Do I Demand?
· How Do I Demand?

Conclusion

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