Aurora (Arshaluys) Mardiganyan Was Just 14 When The Sky Collapsed On Her Head. In 1915, As The Armenian

Aurora (Arshaluys) Mardiganyan Was Just 14 When The Sky Collapsed On Her Head. In 1915, As The Armenian

Aurora (Arshaluys) Mardiganyan was just 14 when the sky collapsed on her head. In 1915, as the Armenian Genocide began, her village was torn apart by turkish soldiers. She watched as her father, her brothers and all the men in her family were dragged away and murdered. The women and children, including Aurora, were spared only to be marched into the desert—a death sentence of a different kind.

The march was relentless. Day after day, Aurora trudged through the searing heat, surrounded by the dying and the dead. There was no food, no water—just the constant, gnawing hunger, thirst and sexual mutilation. Those who fell behind were shot or left to die under the unrelenting sun. Aurora witnessed countless mothers cradling their dying children, their bodies wasting away before her eyes. The air was thick with the stench of death, and the ground was littered with the bodies of her people, unburied, forgotten.

According to her story, the turkish soldiers decided to nail the 17 girls of her village in the group to crosses—in a grotesque parody of their Christian faith, but they miscounted and only constructed 16 crosses; Aurora was the lucky one who was not crucified.

She endured much, being sold into a harem as a teen, for 85 cents. She was beaten, assaulted and dehumanized in ways no child should ever endure. Aurora’s spirit was broken over and over again, yet somehow, she survived.

When she finally escaped, Aurora found her way to the United States, carrying the weight of what she had witnessed. She was alone, orphaned by genocide, but she was determined to tell the world what had happened. Her story, Ravished Armenia, recounted the horrors in graphic detail—images too painful for most to even imagine. But for Aurora, they were not just stories; they were the memories that haunted her every day.

She agreed to relive her trauma once more, acting in the film Auction of Souls, where she portrayed her own suffering and the atrocities she had witnessed. But even then, Aurora was exploited. The people behind the film saw her pain as a commodity, and she was never properly compensated. She gave everything—her story, her dignity, her voice—but received little in return.

In the early 1930s, both the book and the film faded from the public’s attention. The sudden and complete silencing of the film had two explanations: the growing U.S.-turkey alliances, and an agreement between Hollywood and Germany. Aurora had written about being raped by a roving gang of german soldiers in turkey before being sold into a harem

The film that was supposed to tell her story was lost, leaving behind only fragments, just like the memory of the millions of Armenians who were massacred.

Here you can find Aurora Mardiganyan's book, "RAVISHED ARMENIA".

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6 months ago

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High control groups slowly ease you into believing nonsensical things. They provide "reasoning" and "logic" which goes largely unchallenged within echo chambers. People in these echo chambers are prone to believing it because they start to see it as real logic instead of bigoted, twisted reasoning. Even otherwise intelligent people can fall for their prejudices as they begin to view it as a form of justice

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the willful idiots have started claiming the IDF striking back at Hezbollah in Lebanon is genocide too

it’s almost like any instance of jews retaliating against attacks from any goyim is going to be called genocide. it’s almost like it was never about the palestinian plight and they just believe there’s a subset of jews with a nefarious plot to cull and control goyim. it’s almost like this entire accusation came from a certain pamphlet. it’s almost like “zionists are committing genocide” is just repackaged Protocols.

7 months ago

Crazy but not surprising how when hezbollah bombs civilian areas, the same people who are mad at Israel for exploding pagers which were only handed out to hezbollah members, are not upset at all.

Yall don't care about innocent civilians being caught in the crossfire. You at best want all Israelis dead (which would be a genocide as wanting a whole nationality is mentioned in the definition of genocide) and at worst you want all jews dead (which is still wanting a genocide to happen).

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And in Israel, terrorist groups and Iran love attacking Israel near the holidays + again anniversary of Oct 7th is coming up. It is not lost on me that in Israel it's Erev Rosh Hashanah tomorrow and Iran launched its attack earlier today as well as the terrorist attack in Jaffa.

I hope everyone is safe over the next two weeks

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