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Content "They will die soon anyway," was the official policy. These were

the sick children and dying adults that the reverend gathered with
the help of fir. Hovannes. They cleaned, nursed, housed, fed and most
of the time made them well again, live again, and praise God again.

HE had said, “and when I go I will come back again." I believed HE.
did. I believed that this time his name was Rev. Eskijian.

During the dinner the reverend turned to me and said, "You are
from Hadjin, aren't you? How come you speak the "written" language
so well when Haitjin has a dialect of it's own?" I explained that my
family was an education minded clan and that my mother's "brother"

(ner first cousin, my mother was an only child; all ner cousins were
her beloved brothers) was the well known American college president

Dr. Haigazian, that my aunt was a graduate nurse from Switzerland and my
parents had sent me to Constantinople to a boarding school to get an
education to become a school teacher. I said I had come home for
summer vacation, the war started, all transportation for civilians halted
making it impossible for me to return to school, Then came the exile.
well," he said, “Let's hope and pray that you'll be able to go back

to school, that you will become a great teacher. And now, let's put
you to bed, to a sound restful sleep." I did sleep on a pillow that
night.

Three days later Hovannes Efendi dressed in the garb of a mortician,
driving a cart that gathered the dead from the camps, came to Rev.
Eskijians orphanage with my family in it alive and well. I wish I
could end my account here and say we all survived, our troubles were
over. But unfortunately this is not a tragedy with a happy ending.

This is a tragedy with a tragic ending.
The governor of Der-El-Zor had ordered, "Don't leave any of then

alive especially the children down to 5 or 7 years old, other wise

Inherited Values

Title Naomi Ouzounian's struggles in Syria and Turkey during World War I, p. 1

Alternative Title Armenian orphans (supplied title)

Description 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), 76 Mountain Shadows West (roadways), Aleppo (cities), Arizona (states), Asia (continents), Der-El-Zor (cities), Illinois (states), North America (continents), Palatine (cities), Scottsdale (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)

Rights Mehagian, Mary; Ouzounian, Naomi

Date Created 1977-02-11, 1982-04-24

Creator Mehagian, Mary (writer), Ouzounian, Naomi (writer)

Contributor Ararat-Eskijian Museum (donor), Eskijian, Luther, 1913-2007 (recipient), Eskijian, Luther, 1913-2007 (marginalia)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

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Format 1 page (extent)

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Language English

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