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The forty days of musa dagh and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. That story inspired the pragueborn austrian writer, franz werfel, to write a novelized version of the events as the forty days of musa dagh. A group of seven villages in syria decided to rebel and rather than joining the death marches, the inhabitants fled to the nearby mountain of musa dagh. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The forty days of musa dagh franz werfel hardcover. The forty days of musa dagh download ebook pdf, epub. This stirring, poignant novel, based on real historical events that made of actual people true heroes, unfolds the tragedy that befell the armenian people in the. No storm would reach it, even if one should break it is 1915 and gabriel has returne. This novel, the forty days of musa dagh, published in germany and then the united states, kept the armenian genocide from being forgotten and lost under the enormity of the other losses of in 1933 franz werfel wrote a 900 page blockbuster about a very similar incident that took place in turkey in 1915. The forty days of musa dagh kindle edition by werfel.
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