Michael Abdalla is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Cultural Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. He has published books in Polish and in Arabic. Łukasz Kiczko is a professional translator

• PrefaceAbout the Diary and AuthorBackground of the RegionDiary of a SeminarianFrom the AuthorThe Emergence and Spread of ChristianityDifficult times: Persecution Suffered by Christianity in Various Periods of HistoryPersecution in the Most Recent Times – the end of the 19th CenturyThe year 1914 – The beginning of the World War IMy diaryEyewitness reports: The story of a road worker named Abed Mshiho, who saw the mostThe Christians of the city of Amida and its subordinate villages – executions and the exodus of the year 1915Extermination of Christians in the villages of the district of Mardin in the year 1914The Sinjar Mountains suffer for ChristiansThe fate of Christian inhabitants of other localitiesPositive and negative attitudes of some participants of the exterminationsBibliographyAnnexes 1–3

Western society is increasingly interested in being acquainted with the historical reality of the great tragedies of humanity. This has been one of the worst after the massive holocaust of the Jews during the Nazi era. Therefore, this work can be considered a significant contribution to the subject.

Michael Abdalla is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Cultural Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. He has published books in Polish and in Arabic. Łukasz Kiczko is a professional translator

• PrefaceAbout the Diary and AuthorBackground of the RegionDiary of a SeminarianFrom the AuthorThe Emergence and Spread of ChristianityDifficult times: Persecution Suffered by Christianity in Various Periods of HistoryPersecution in the Most Recent Times – the end of the 19th CenturyThe year 1914 – The beginning of the World War IMy diaryEyewitness reports: The story of a road worker named Abed Mshiho, who saw the mostThe Christians of the city of Amida and its subordinate villages – executions and the exodus of the year 1915Extermination of Christians in the villages of the district of Mardin in the year 1914The Sinjar Mountains suffer for ChristiansThe fate of Christian inhabitants of other localitiesPositive and negative attitudes of some participants of the exterminationsBibliographyAnnexes 1–3

Western society is increasingly interested in being acquainted with the historical reality of the great tragedies of humanity. This has been one of the worst after the massive holocaust of the Jews during the Nazi era. Therefore, this work can be considered a significant contribution to the subject.

Michael Abdalla is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Cultural Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. He has published books in Polish and in Arabic. Łukasz Kiczko is a professional translator

• PrefaceAbout the Diary and AuthorBackground of the RegionDiary of a SeminarianFrom the AuthorThe Emergence and Spread of ChristianityDifficult times: Persecution Suffered by Christianity in Various Periods of HistoryPersecution in the Most Recent Times – the end of the 19th CenturyThe year 1914 – The beginning of the World War IMy diaryEyewitness reports: The story of a road worker named Abed Mshiho, who saw the mostThe Christians of the city of Amida and its subordinate villages – executions and the exodus of the year 1915Extermination of Christians in the villages of the district of Mardin in the year 1914The Sinjar Mountains suffer for ChristiansThe fate of Christian inhabitants of other localitiesPositive and negative attitudes of some participants of the exterminationsBibliographyAnnexes 1–3

Western society is increasingly interested in being acquainted with the historical reality of the great tragedies of humanity. This has been one of the worst after the massive holocaust of the Jews during the Nazi era. Therefore, this work can be considered a significant contribution to the subject.