The Treatment of Women in the Armenian Genocide: New Document Discovered in Paris Library

During their studies in the Nubarian Library of Paris, Turkish historian Umit Kurt and journalist Alev Er have discovered a document on the Armenian Genocide, hitherto unpublished, whose author is the well-known female writer Zabel Essayan. Her 11-page document tells the details of what happened with Armenian women in and after 1915. Zabel Essayan submitted the document to Boghos Nubar Pasha, chairman of the Armenian National Delegation, according to an article published on August 21, 2014 in the Istanbul-based Armenian  “Agos” periodical, which has introduced some extracts of the document.(*)