Additional Resources

Links to additional resources on the Assyrian Genocide are shared below for teachers to use as additional background information or in the classroom.

History of the Genocide (Documents)

Seyfo Center

• Assyrian Genocide Research Center

• Book Recommendations from Seyfo Center

Assyrian Policy Institute

• The Assyrian Genocide in Modern History

Hannibal Travis

• "'Native Christians Massacred': The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I,” Genocide Studies and Prevention, 1(3), 2006. 

Mar Shimun Memorial Foundation

• Information on Mar Benyamin Shimun XXI, Patriarch of the Church of the East (1903-1918), and the Mar Shimun Patriarchal succession (1318-1975)

'Tell Our Stories: Artifacts from the Assyrian Genocide' 

• Exhibition Catalogue 

Marlo Safi

• "The Simele Massacre & the Unsung Hero of the Genocide Convention," National Review, 27 July 2018.

Assyrian Policy Institute

• "Recognition of the Simele Massacre of 1933," Issue Focus, Iraq, July 2018.

A. Ishaya

• “ASSYRIANS IN IRAN iii. Assyrian Settlements Outside of Iran,” Encyclopaedia Iranica, II/8, pp. 824-825

U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs

• "Ancient Communities Under Attack: ISIS's War on Religious Minorities" Congressional Hearing, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 13 May 2015.