Most Armenians are familiar with Franz Werfel’s thick book, The 40 Days of Musa Dagh, detailing the true story of six villages that resisted the Turkish army on the Mountain of Moses. Now, an illustrated children’s book has been published by the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA), to reach a younger audience of Armenians.
The Hero of Musa Dagh highlights the efforts of Badveli (Reverend) Dikran Antreassian who organized the villagers to fight the Turks with limited supplies and weapons. After 53 days, the villagers were rescued by a The impact of Werfel’s 1933 book was that it was the inspiration for the Warsaw Ghetto revolt in 1943 by the Jews against their Nazi captors.
The book was initially written in German and was banned by Adolf Hitler. The following year, it was published in Hebrew and had a profound impact on the Jews in European ghettos. The book was later made into a movie in 1982 and was incorporated into the second half of the movie, The Promise in 2016.
The children’s book is available for $10.00 plus S & H at the AMAA website: https://amaa.org/featuredbooks/, or call (201) 265-2607, Nancy Rivera will be glad to process your order, so we can educate a new generation of children about the heroic efforts of one of our own.
Source: horizonweekly.ca
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