Name: Orphans of the Genocide
Genre: Action, Documentary
Released: 2013
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Tom Vernon

Tom Vernon

Orphans of the Genocide is an eye-opening visual journey through never-before-seen archival footage and discovered memoirs of orphans who lived through the the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Over 150,000 orphans were rescued by American and Scandinavian organizations. One of these orphans was Satenig, the mother of American pathologist and euthanasia proponent Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

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Orphans of the Genocide

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Action • 2013 • 1h 30m5.8

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