Gomidas Institute acknowledges the Pomegranate Foundation’s
support for this book with donations from David and Margaret
Mgrublian Endowment, Andrea Marootian Castello, Maggie
Mangasarian Goschin, John Pridjian and the Ignatius Foundation.
Also thank you to the ARF History Museum (Yerevan), the Arnenian
National Archives (Yerevan), the Armenian Genocide Museum – Institute
(Yerevan), Institute for Armenian Studies (YSU), the Mekhitarist Congregation
(Vienna), Lepsiushaus (Potsdam), as well as Carla Garapedian, Gohar Khanumian,
Vincent Lima, Pietro Shakarian and Gregory Topalian. A special thank you to
Yervant Pamboukian (Beirut) for his pathbreaking work over the years, and
Bedo Demirdjian for the actual translation of this work and his ceaseless support
to bring the project to fruition. Finally, we thank the ARF – Dashnaktsutiun,
the original copyright holder of the Tehlirian memoir, for permitting us to
publish this important work.