Artin with his parents and one brother were exiled to Hotimillet where his father was killed by a Turk and his mother was taken to the house of the same person. The Turk married her, Artin and his brother remained with their mother.

            Artin’s step father was unkind to him and sometimes beat him so cruelly that the blood ran down from his face. His mother could not endure it, one day she fell ill and died. After her mother’s death the two children were put out of doors and Artin carrying his little brother (No. 1215) on his back reached the village Toybik. There a Turk adopted him as his child. Both grew up and worked without payment.

            One day an Armenian chauffeur seeing his brother persuaded and brought him to us. Artin wandering about in search of his brother came to Aleppo. On reaching our rescue-home he demanded his brother, but he himself seing his broter transformed from an ill-dressed creature into a being of charming little boy, on the instant made his choice to remain with him.

Left our care: 24/2.27

Relatives in Aleppo