Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization

Facing History and Ourselves is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote a more humane and informed citizenry. As the name Facing History and Ourselves implies, the organization helps teachers and their students make the essential connections between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives by examining the development and lessons of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide. It is a study that helps young people think critically about their own behavior and the effect that their actions have on their community, nation, and the world. It is based on the belief that no classroom should exist in isolation. Facing History programs and materials involve the entire community: students, parents, teachers, civic leaders, and other citizens. The Chapters are listed in the Table of Contents as follows: Chapter I, Identity and History; Contains: What's in a name?; Multiple Identities; Am I Armenian?; and Generations. Chapter II, We and They; Contains: The Ottoman Armenians; Iron Ladles for Liberty Stew; Organizing for Change; Humanity on Trial; The Sultan Responds; Seeking Civil Rights; Humanitarian Intervention; Showdown at Bank Ottoman; and The Rise of the Young Turks. Chapter III, The Young Turks in Power; Contains: Bloody News from Adana; Ideology; Ideology in Action; Neighbor Turns Against Neighbor; Planning Mass Murder; and Dictating Religion. Chapter IV Genocide; Contains; Evacuation, Deportation, and Death; Under the Cover of War; The Round Ups Begin; The German Connection; Following Orders; Women and Deportations; Cries Ringing in My Ears; and Targeting the Greeks and the Assyrians. Chapter V, The Range of Choices; Contains: Remembering Rescue; Trying to Make a Difference; Official Policy; Taking a Stand; The American Ambassador in Constantinople; Talaat and the Limits of Diplomacy; They Eyes of the World; Saving the Armenians; Armenian Relief; and The Story of Aurora Mardiganian and "Ravished Armenia". Chapter VI, Who Remembers the Armenians?; Contains: A Mandate for Armenia?; Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization; War, Genocide, and Human Rights; The Armenian Republic and the New Turkey; Acquitting the Assassin; Rewriting History; The Legacy of a Witness; Remembrance and Denial; Denial, Free Speech, and Hate Speech; Demanding Justice; Meeting the Past; and The Crime of Genocide. The chapters are followed by an index.