Surviving the Forgotten Genocide: An Armenian Memoir by John Minassian
“Surviving the Forgotten Genocide: An Armenian Memoir” by John Minassian offers a rare and poignant testimony of a survivor of the Armenian genocide. Encouraged by his family and Armenian community to share and preserve his story, Minassian, who is also the grandfather of CMC Professor Rod Camp, first recorded and published his memoir in 1986. A panel of CMC alumni, students, and faculty who researched and annotated this memoir for its 2nd edition publication in 2020, share selected passages from the book and relate them to their lives today.