Palestinians are also forced to leave their homes, the rich and the poor are all displaced. We have to understand what happened in 1948, imagine half of the population of a country was forcefully expelled, half of the villages of the country were destroyed. They do. Men are separated from women. They kidnap a girl from the crowd. The girls uncle complains. They kill him on the spot. Nearby, that girl is desecrated. Then they kill the men in the fence. And the group kills everyone. A genocide also occurs in this village. The situation is the same in other regions is the way killing and looting has started. The fate of people is not clear. The remaining people are at the peak of hardship and sadness. Forced exodus begins throughout palestine. A trail of tears remains. A civilization is going to destruction and the land is usurped from its owners. For this reason, the 14th day of may 1948 is named as nakbat day. After the exodus of people, those who have nowhere to go remain in the occupi
Coming up next on American History tv, the National Archives posts independent researcher john emond as he reads letters from civil war soldiers, placing the letters in the context of the war as well as the soldiers daily lives, defined by personal hardship disease, and death. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. I think we are all settled in. Welcome. I work in the National Archives. I work i welcome you to this program. We have an ongoing lecture series to teach you about the records of the National Archives and how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with
And how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair, and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with that, i will turn give the biography for mr. Emond. He retired in 2011 at the 30 years in government. Most of it in contract Technology Transfer and project management at nasa. He is a member of the Maritime Committee with the Maryland Historical society. He is a collector of historical artifacts from the American Revolution and civil war. Including several civil war soldiers letters which he will refer to in this presentation. A program that will be approximately one hour long. We will take questions and answer
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