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Ravished Armenia (full title: Ravished Armenia: The Story of Aurora Mardiganian, the Christian Girl, Who Survived the Great Massacres) is a book written in 1918 by Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian about her experiences in the Armenian genocide.
Ravished Armenia, also known as Auction of Souls, is a 1919 American silent film based on the autobiographical book Ravished Armenia by Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian, who also played the lead role in the film.
Oct 10, 2018 · The main interest of this film on the Armenian genocide is historical. It was produced by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief in 1919 on the basis of the book written in 1918 by Aurora Mardiganian who also stars in the film and was an eye-witness to many of the scenes it depicts.
At the beginning of 1920s Mardiganian’s “Ravished Armenia” was censured and taken off the British and American libraries. For over eighty years film historians have been searching the world for the nine reels of Ravished Armenia but failed to find any trace.
Ravished Armenia was the personal account by Aurora Mardiganian of the brutal murder of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire. The book was first published in 1918, shortly after Mardiganian's arrival in the United States. It was subsequently filmed in 1919, and both the book and the movie created a considerable stir throughout the Western ...
Feb 26, 2009 · The book "Ravished Armenia" was completed when American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief offered to create a film based on the scenario of the book and all the profit, which later...
Oct 14, 2010 · The narrative Ravished Armenia was used for writing a film script that was produced in 1919, Mardiganian playing herself, and first screened in London as the Auction of Souls. The first New York performance of the silent film, entitled Ravished Armenia took place on February 16, 1919, in the ballroom of the Plaza Hotel, with society leaders,
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