Non-Armenian descent authors tell the Armenian Genocide story

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Genocide is not just a crime against Armenians, but a crime against mankind and humanity. Even though the Armenian society is the main driving force in the international campaign for Genocide recognition, there are a number of politicians, intellectuals, writers and others of non-Armenian descent that have sympathized or contributed to Armenians' plight, reads a publication in The Armenian Reporter.

German Tony Schumacher (1848-1931) and Austrian Jew Franz Werfel (1890-1945) became first writers to memorialize the first Genocide of the 20th century in world literature. Names of others are known to millions of Armenians: Anatole France (1844-1924), Valery Bryusov (1873-1924), Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Romain Rolland (1866-1944), Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946) and Karel Hansa (1890-1951) among others, who were contemporaries to the Genocide.

Many decades later, the Armenian experience and subsequent struggle for historical justice continue to inspire authors. Gonzalo Guarch is a Spanish writer who lives in Almeria, Andalusia and who authored a trilogy about the Armenian people: "The Armenian Family Tree" (2002), "The Armenian Will" (2008) and "The White Mountain" that is supposed to be published soon.

There is an American portion as well: several chapters of the book take place in New York and the book also tells the story of the U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Henry Morgenthau.