Early life story of Naomi Ouzounian, 1982

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Content come in with me and lets both clean up a bit and have dinner, then
we can talk." I started to protest that I was too dirty to go in
the house and that I had to return to the camp to reassure my mother.
I shouldn't expose myself to the children, I could be a germ carrier.
He gently and patiently explained away my doubts and fears. “Returning
to the camp would be not only foolish but impossible, He wouldn't let
me. He would send Hovannes afendi to find my family and tell them
that I was safe, As far as being dirty, he said he was tooyand water
and.-soap would clean us both. And exposing the children, He had been
exposing them every day. God will protect them if it is his will, he_
said.

lirs. Eskijian showed me to a room where there was a "lavabo",
apitcher of water, soap, and something clean to wear, The man called
Hovannes efendi joined us at dinner and to my great surprise and joy
the two of them were making plans to find my family to set their
minds at ease about me and even how to, perhaps, help them to escape
from camp,enter Aleppo, and survive! Hovannes “efendi" I learned later,
was a native born citizen of Aleppo, spoke Arabic fluently and had
some kind of priveledged local government position which enabled
him to come and go freely. He had lost his wife and only child to some
tragic accident and he had allied himself with the reverened and
dedicated his life to helping him save as many lives as possible.
he Reverend , as a representative of the American Near East Relief, had
obtained permission from the governor of Aleppo to operate a small
orphanage. When the authorities and guards forced the occupants of
a section of the camp to board the wagons of a train that would take

them to Der-El-Zor they left the sick children and adults behind.

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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. 7

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Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu (digital); eskijian@ararat-eskijian-museum.com (original)

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Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 (digital); 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 (physical)

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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