In the beginning of the deportation, Zabel's father was deparated from his family and was sent in an unknown direction.

                  Zabel was exiled with her mother, 5 sisters and a younger brother. The caravan which consisted of men, women, boys, girls, and infants was forced to go on foot 3 months, wandering upon the mountains, passing through the valleys, crossing the rivers and marching across the deserts.

                  The gendarms had received the order to kill the unfortunate people by every means in their power.

                  Near Veranshehir, they collected the beautiful girls, and distributed them among the Turks and Kurds. The rest of the caravan had to go further on in the deserts to die.

                  Zabel had been the share of a Kurd, who married her. She lived there 11 years unwillingly, till an Armenian chauffeur informed her that many of her relatives still were living in Aleppo.

                  Having made her escape in safety, she reached Ras-el-Ain from where by our agent she was sent to us.

 

Left our care: March 26, 1926. Relatives in Aleppo.