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  • Adour Levonian, defender of Ayntab

    Adour Levonian, defender of Ayntab

    Adour Levonian, defender of Ayntab. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Widows and orphans in Hasanbeyli, Cilicia

    Widows and orphans in Hasanbeyli, Cilicia

    Widows and orphans in Hasanbeyli in Cilicia (Giligia or Kilikia) after the pogrom of 1909. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • The League of Nations in an Armenian village, 1937

    The League of Nations in an Armenian village, 1937

    Watchers from the League of Nations in an Armenian village in 1937. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Terzian Armenian Catholic School of Adana

    Terzian Armenian Catholic School of Adana

    Terzian Armenian Catholic School of Adana, burnt in April 1909. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Heroes of Musa Dagh

    Heroes of Musa Dagh

    Heroes of Musa Dagh (Musa Ler). Among them is Yessayi Yaghoubian. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Defenders of Sis and Hajen

    Defenders of Sis and Hajen

    Group of volunteers for the defense of Sis and Hajen. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • 1500th anniversary of the Armenian alphabet in Amasia, 1905

    1500th anniversary of the Armenian alphabet in Amasia, 1905

    Crowd going to the Surp Khach cemetery, for the 1500th anniversary of the Armenian alphabet in Amasia (Amasya) in 1905. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Armenian volunteers from Van, 1915

    Armenian volunteers from Van, 1915

    Armenian volunteers from Van on May 5, 1915. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Armenian Legion officers in Marash

    Armenian Legion officers in Marash

    Armenian Legion officers in Marash (Kermanig). Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The nucleus of the Armenian Legion or Eastern Legion (1917-1920) was composed of former Musa Dagh resistants. The Eastern Legion was organized by the Armenians following the demand of the French government. An agreement was signed between the Armenian National Delegation, represented by…

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  • Armenag Yegarian, defender of Van, 1915

    Armenag Yegarian, defender of Van, 1915

    Armenag Yegarian (1870 – 1926), defender of Van in 1915. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The Defense of Van (1915) was an act of self-defense by the Armenians against the genocide committed by Ottoman Turkey, the Turkish population, the Kurdish people and the German Empire. The Ottoman army and its military elite were modernized…

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