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  • Grandmother Anna Gyurlinyan

    Grandmother Anna Gyurlinyan born 1915 Kayseri (Kesaria). She was married to Karapet Hakobyan. Anna Hakobyan Private Coll.

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  • Armenian diaspora

    The Armenian diaspora is a direct consequence of the Armenian genocide committed by ottoman and nationalist Turks, Kurdish tribes with the complicity of the German Empire, from 1915 to 1923. The Armenian diaspora must refer exclusively to the survivors and their descendants. The new emigrations should not be confused with the Armenian diaspora (post-genocide). The word spyurk…

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  • michael jenning

    I have just finished reading Franz Werfel’s powerful book and I’ve been very moved by this story. I’m Irish-German-American, and have several Armenian acquaintances where I live, in Van Nuys CA USA. I suspect I’ve always felt an affinity for the Armenian culture, since my favorite writer as a teenager was William Saroyan. I’ve been…

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  • Haig Avedikian

    So happy to find this.. its my granparents .. megerdich haji avedikian born in sivrihisar 1915 .. Alice meneshian born in 1918 anteb .. my dad sarkis haji avedikian born in lebanon 1956

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  • Vahé Achikian

    Note: this village is called Khaskoeuy or Hasköy and was situated about 20km east of Moush [Mu?] mostly Armenian-populated and the scene of savage forced deportations and massacres in Apr-May 1915.

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  • Surp Garabed Monastery near Mush, destroyed in 1915

    Surp Garabed Monastery near Mush, destroyed in 1915. Surp Garabed Vank is located in Daron province. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Exodus from Vaspurakan – 1915

    Exodus from Vaspurakan in 1915. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Armenian volunteers from Van – 1915

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

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  • 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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  • Antioch October 1915 – the rescue of the Armenians

    Antioch October 1915 – the rescue of the Armenians. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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