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Early life story of Naomi Ouzounian, 1982
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Naomi Ouzounian's struggles in Syria and Turkey during World War I, p. 1
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An account of Naomi Ouzounian's struggles in Syria and Turkey during World War I and Hovhaness Eskijian's aid to her and her family. Typewritten (12 pages) in English. "There was a time in my life when I did not hope to live to become eighteen." -- first line.
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Title
Naomi Ouzounian's struggles in Syria and Turkey during World War I, p. 1
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Type
texts
Format
1 page
(extent)
Language
English
Source
20230913-dadrian-eskijian
(batch),
Hovhannes Eskijian Archival Materials
(subcollection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity),
Vahakn Dadrian Papers
(collection)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu (digital); eskijian@ararat-eskijian-museum.com (original)
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections (digital); Ararat-Eskijian Museum (physical)
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 (digital); 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 (physical)
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UC113373309
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43.4 cm × 55.2 cm at 300dpi
Transcript (If available)
Content
There was a time in my life when I did not hope to live to become
eighteen. Now on the plus side of eighty years I keep thinking of
the times, the places, the incredible events and the God like man
who made that possible for me.
I was fifteen then. Happy, healthy, brighteyed, full of ambitious
plans for a long, useful life. Suddenly my world crashed around me,
my dreams went up in smoke, my clothes turned to rags.
Somewhere in the world some fool had pressed the trigger ofa
gun that had killed some country's prince. What did that have to
do with me? How was I responsible for it? Not I or any of my people
had any share of responsibility in it yet at the end of the World War
that it started, two million of my people had been killed in various
ways. Yet I was spared. I am still here at 81, grateful for my
life, my children, sorrowful for what I lost, I never stop wondering
“why me?"
I'll never know the “why" but Iremember the “how". Turkey
entered the war on the side of Germany, against the European Allies
and later the Americans. The official edict of the then Turkish
government went out to echo through the mountains and valleys, cities
and hamlets. “We must create an Armenia without Armenians. We must
kill them all, man, woman, child, young and old, no exceptions
permitted, no mercy shown, no means ignored, no matter how cruel they
may seemti? The diabolical plan was to take first the young, the
strong, the heads of clans and families. Kill them outright or exile
them to some unknown destination without any tools of self-defense,
very little food and clothing or cover. Then follow up with the rest
of the population. Get them out of their homes, drive them out to the
deserts without food, shelter, transportation, or the help and protection
Inherited Values
Title
Early life story of Naomi Ouzounian, 1982
Alternative Title
Important Testimony of Naomie Ouzounian (
supplied title
)
Description
Two documents mostly relating to the early life story (ca. 1913-1916) of Naomi Ouzounian:
Excerpt (p. 46) from "The migration" chapter in an unidentified book: "Russian authorities both cut the flow of Armenians to Russia..." -- first line. In English (1 page).
Naomi Ouzounian, 44 North Greenwood, Palatine, Illinois, USA, letter, 1982 April 24, to Luther Eskijian. Handwritten (1 page) in English. "It would take someone more talented in the art of writing..." first line.
An account of Naomi Ouzounian's struggles in Syria and Turkey during World War I and Hovhaness Eskijian's aid to her and her family. Typewritten (12 pages) in English. "There was a time in my life when I did not hope to live to become eighteen." -- first line.
Subject
Eskijian, Hovhannes, 1882-1916
(personal name),
Ouzounian, Naomi
(personal name)
Coverage Spatial
44 North Greenwood
(roadways),
Aleppo
(cities),
Asia
(continents),
Der-El-Zor
(cities),
Illinois
(states),
North America
(continents),
Palatine
(cities),
Syria
(countries),
Turkey
(countries),
USA
(countries)
Coverage Temporal
1913/1916
Inherited Subject
Eskijian, Hovhannes, 1882-1916
(personal name),
Ouzounian, Naomi
(personal name)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu (digital); eskijian@ararat-eskijian-museum.com (original)
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections (digital); Ararat-Eskijian Museum (physical)
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 (digital); 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 (physical)
Date Created
1982-04-24
Creator
Ouzounian, Naomi
(writer)
Contributor
Ararat-Eskijian Museum
(donor),
Eskijian, Luther, 1913-2007
(recipient)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Type
texts
Format
30 pages
(extent),
biographies
(aat),
correspondence
(aat),
letters (correspondence)
(aat)
Internet Media Type
multipart/related
Language
English
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