aegean-okra:The Ghazikian family on a picnic in Erzerum, known to Armenians as Garin, in 1915. Photo
aegean-okra:The Ghazikian family on a picnic in Erzerum, known to Armenians as Garin, in 1915. Photograph: Melissa Selverian Melissa Selverian shared a picture of the Ghazikian family – three sons, Garabed, Vartan and Avedis, and three daughters, Eliza, Nevart and Meline – who lived a prosperous and happy life in Erzerum, known to Armenians as Garin.As the deportation began, two of sons and their father were separated and murdered (one had previously left for the US), their homes and property were seized, and the girls and their mother, Hripsime, were sent on a “death march” through the desert. They survived, eventually making it to the US.Hripsime wore black every day for the rest of her life. Her story was filmed by Selverian, her great-granddaughter, in 1988 as part of a documentary project. -- source link
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