The Great Fire: One American’s Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century’s First Genocide

With Lou Ureneck, a professor of journalism at Boston University, a former Nieman fellow and editor-in-residence at Harvard University.

This illustrated lecture describes the harrowing story of a Methodist minister and a principled American naval officer who helped rescue more than 250,000 refugees during the genocide of Armenian and Greek Christians.











When: Thu., Sep. 24, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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With Lou Ureneck, a professor of journalism at Boston University, a former Nieman fellow and editor-in-residence at Harvard University.

This illustrated lecture describes the harrowing story of a Methodist minister and a principled American naval officer who helped rescue more than 250,000 refugees during the genocide of Armenian and Greek Christians.

Buy tickets/get more info now