The boy whose history we are relating is one of those poor creatures, who suffered much. He was exiled with his parents and two sisters. When the caravan reached on the banks of Khabur there was work of extermination. Nearly four hundred men and women were killed in less than an hour and the dead bodies were thrown into the river. Among the victims were his parents and two sisters too. In this way the family of a known merchant was broken from foundation to roof. Hagop as the only survivor of the family was taken to an Arab's tent and he grew up as an Arab. He lived eleven years with his masters in the village Harmendat near Tel-Ermen and in those eleven years all that can happen to him has happened. One day an Armenian peddler passing by the village beckoned to him to follow him, which he did, and reached Hassitshe from where he was sent to us.

Left our care: July 27, 1926. Relatives. Cousin in Aleppo.