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NOT EVEN MY NAME by
Thea Halo
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FLASH!!! Click on link to view content New York Gov. Pataki recognizes the Pontian Genocide New Resolution – New York Senate ______________________________ Governor George E. Pataki of NY State Proclaims 80th Anniversary of the Persecution of the Greeks of Asia Minor ______________________________ Rep. Carolyn Maloney honors Sano Halo and Not Even My Name on the Congressional Record ______________________________ Three Pontian/Asia Minor Proclamations from South Carolina ______________________________ Two Proclamations honoring Thea and Sano Halo, and a Resolution from Georgia ______________________________ New Jersey Senate and General Assembly recognize Pontian Genocide ______________________________ Three New Resolutions from Florida • Senate Resolution • House of Reps Resolution • Attorney General of Florida ______________________________ New Resolution – Pennsylvania ______________________________ New Resolution – City of Cleveland ______________________________ |
Newsletter Since Not Even My Name was first published by St. Martin’s Press (Picador USA), numerous states have issued proclamations recognizing the Genocide of the Pontic and other Asia Minor Greeks, Assyrians and Armenians. For the Pontic Greeks and Assyrians, this is the first time in the history of the United States that the genocide of these historic Christians of Asia Minor has been recognized. It is long awaited by the survivors and their descendants who have not, until now, had a voice to express their grief at the loss of family, home, community, and country. Not Even My Name is now being taught in many high schools and universities around the country for a variety of subjects including, genocide studies, "the end of childhood," women's studies, the art of memoir, social studies, European and Asia Minor history, immigration studies, tolerance studies, etc. Not Even My Name is now translated into Greek, Dutch, and Icelandic. Hopefully more will follow. When I first wrote Not Even My Name, I thought I was telling my mother's story. Since it was published, I have received e-mail and letters from around the world telling me "this is also my mother's story, my father’s story, my grandparents' story." It was then that I realized that what my mother had done by remembering her history in such great detail, and what I had done by writing it down, was to put a voice and a face to a largely unknown tragedy. Often times even the descendents of those who had lived through it have told me their parents or grandparents couldn't talk about the events because it was too painful to remember. Although many of us were and are familiar with the Armenian Genocide, the Genocide of the Pontic Greeks and Assyrians during the same time and place, is rarely if ever mentioned in modern times. I have come to believe that nothing is an accident. For me, it is quite significant that the three Christian peoples of Asia Minor effected by the genocide between 1914-23, the Pontic Greeks, Assyrians and Armenians, all became a part of my mother’s life, and therefore, integral to her story. It is the first time that the genocide of these three ethnic peoples of Asia Minor (Turkey) have been included in a single book. Not Even My Name represents the other half of what has become known exclusively as the Armenian Genocide. I am grateful to my mother for her determination to keep the memory of her (our) family and people alive for all these years in the hope that one day their story would be told. And I am grateful to the mysterious powers that be who chose me to tell it. Yours truly, Thea Halo Copyright: March 2002, Thea Halo. All rights reserved. |
Memory: The Soul of History In commemoration of the 92nd anniversity of the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontus ___________________ Awards Honors Click on link to view content __________________________ Thea Halo wins the AHEPA 2002 Homer Award _________________________ Sano 'Themia' Halo wins the AHEPA 2002 Freedom Award _________________________  Sano Themia Halo wins New York Governor's Award for Excellence ____________________  Sano and Thea with the president of Greece  Placque and crepe myrtle dedicated to the Greeks, Assyrians, and Armenians who lost their lives, their homes and their country between 1914-23. Donated by the Order of AHEPA and Daughters of Penelope in Columbia, SC. |