John Christie
Cognoscenti contributor
John Christie is a veteran journalist who lives in Gloucester, Mass. He is the author of a memoir, “The Prince of Wentworth Street: An American boyhood in the shadow of a genocide," and a co-founder of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.
Recently published
'Late, But Not Too Late': What Biden's Recognition Of The Armenian Genocide Means To My Family
Armenians' pain was deepened by a lifetime of waiting in vain for the world to officially acknowledge that what happened to them was genocide, writes John Christie.
My Grandmother Escaped The Armenian Genocide, But She Never Forgot
Like other descendants of Armenian genocide victims, writes John Christie, I don’t know whether to bow my head in grief or shake my fist in anger.
I Went To A Nazi Memorabilia Auction. Here's What I Saw
A couple on Boston's North Shore attended an auction where they were horrified to find dozens of people eager to buy souvenirs from the Holocaust.