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Hrayr Dantziguian

28 June 2019

Thank you for this website

Thank you for this wonderful informative page. I am searching for my husbands’ paternal grandmother who was a teacher of English at Yeprad College. We only know her first name “Mariam” she married “Hagop Kazandjian” who went on a ship to the United States and returned during the massacre and was killed in front of…

Armenian Legionnaire Simon Antaramian

29 December 2017

Armenian Legionnaire Simon Antaramian from Kharpert. 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…

Yeranui Kaloyan’s grandfather with friends near Mexico City, 1927

28 June 2017

Yeranui Kaloyan’s grandfather with friends near Mexico City, 1927. “The majority of Armenians that came to Mexico in the mid-20´s. This photo was taken in 1927 near Mexico City. I think that the majority of these men were from the Province of Kharpert. My grandfather is in this photo.” Yeranui Kaloyan Private Coll.

Derbedirian’s Neighbourhood, Road to Kharpert and Malatia, Arapkir

9 May 2017

Derbedirian’s Neighbourhood, Road to Kharpert and Malatia, Arapkir. Shoushig, Hraïr and Sebouh Balian Private Coll.

Armenian young women postcard, Kharpert, 1910

12 February 2017

“Photo by Bjornlund of young Armenian women from Kharpert in 1910. The postcard was put together by Danish Missionary women workers.” Vahé Achikian Private Coll. Source: Rigsarkivet/Danish National Archives, Copenhagen