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Kevork Balookdjian (Roopen) from Keramet (Broussa)



First name

Kevork

Last name

Balookdjian

Father's name

Roopen

Mother's name


Native country

Keramet (Broussa)

Age

14

Orphanage

Karen Jeppe / Aleppo

Admission YYYY-MM-DD

1923 - 05 - 21

Register number

286 / 137

Release YYYY-MM-DD

1923 - 12 - 31

Taken by

Danish Orphanage. Selfsupporting.





 

            Kevork was deported with his family. On the road his parents died. He was too small to endure the long walk and he sat down for a rest. His two elder brothers were sent further by force. When Kevork was resting a Kourd came and took him to his house where he lived seven years working as a farmer.

            He fled several times from the Kourd but his master followed him and obliged him to return to his farm. Once Kevork was beaten very cruelly by his master, he could not endure it any longer and he fled once more. He succeeded this time and reached Hessitshe. There he met an Armenian carriage driver who after recognizing him took him to Aleppo. He was received on May 21.

 

 

            Received in the Danish orphanage, because his health was not reliable.

 

Left our care: December 31, 1923. Orphanage, Danish.

            Selfsupporting.