A New Home: Armenian Living Memory
The Armenian genocide was not only a massive-scale loss of life; it was also a loss of homeland and culture. Living descendants of genocide survivors agree that many of their family members never fully recovered from the loss of their homeland, and consequently were unable to adjust to new lives in America. However, this displacement also resulted in the creation of strong Armenian communities in America: formed by the desire to support each other in grief, and maintained by the need to keep Armenian culture alive through the generations, these communities allowed people to bring old traditions and stories with them into the future.