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Kathy Goetz
I have been researching to see if I could locate anyone in my grandmothers family since she was orphaned during the genocide. The woman to the right of the woman sitting down looks EXACTLY like my grandmother!!!
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G. Ketenchian
Can the person who posted this please contact me? Minas Ketenjian is our ancestor and I had a couple of questions. Thank you!
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Vahé Achikian
This Protestant Armenian seminary (not seminar) of Marash was erected on “It Tepe” heights over Marash in 1879 by American missionaries. It was still standing up until the Kemalist war against the French legionnaires in 1920-1921, but is converted to a state hospital in modern Marash.
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Lucine
I am looking for any history or information on the Elmajian and Karjian families of Marash. Thank you.
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Marash (Kermanig)
Marash (Kermanig). Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Armenian orphans – Marash 1918
Armenian orphans – Marash 1918. The photo is from late 1918, in front of the old Armenian Church of Kuyucak Mahalle where some Armenian women tend to orphaned children. Many Armenian orphans were lost in Marash (Kermanig) during the Genocide of 1915-1916. Some were found after the Armistice of Mudros ending with surrender of Ottoman…
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Armenian costumes of Marash and Sevaz
Armenian costumes of Marash and Sevaz. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Southeast Marash
Southeast Marash (Kermanig). Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Peasants from Marash
Peasants from Marash (Kermanig). Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Garabed Varoujian, fedayee from Marash
Garabed Varoujian, fedayee from Marash. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.