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. There they managed to fend off the Ottoman army and survive until rescue came from the sea. In reality, the siege lasted 56 days, but in this book, it Cited by: 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. There they managed to fend off the Ottoman army and survive until rescue came from the sea. In reality, the siege lasted 56 days, but in this book, it Reviews: The Beta version of this film based on Werfel's novel about the stand Armenians made on the mountain known as Musa Dagh (Moses's Mountain) trying to save their race from the brutality of the Turkish government, the genocide perpetrated by the Turkish government killed million of the 3 million Armenians in Turkey in , the first holocaust of the 20th Century, the film starred Guy Stockwell, .
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh The French warship Guichen, pictured above, participated along with several cruisers in the rescue of some 4, Armenians who had taken shelter on Musa Dagh. These historical events later inspired Franz Werfel to write his novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (), a fictionalized account based on his detailed. Czech-born poet, playwright, and novelist, whose central themes were religious faith, heroism, and human brotherhood. Franz Werfel's best-known works include The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (), a classic historical novel that portrays Armenian resistance to the Turks, and The Song of Bernadette (). Buy The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 4 editions - starting at $ Shop now.
Franz Werfel was one of Austria’s most renowned writers at the end of the s. In the s. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh is Franz Werfel’s masterpiece that brought him international acclaim in , drawing the world’s attention to the Armenian genocide. This is the story of how the people of several Armenian villages in the mountains along the coast of present-day Turkey and Syria chose not to obey the deportation order of the Turkish government. 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. There they managed to fend off the Ottoman army and survive until rescue came from the sea. In reality, the siege lasted 56 days, but in this book, it is a 40 day siege.
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