During the persecution of the Armenians in the beginning of the war all the inhabitants of Tel Ermen were driven into the church and murdered. Aziz hid himself under the corpses and afterwards fled with his sister and some boys. They reached a cave where they rested some days, then the poor little ones ventured to flee by night and by day they found a hiding place. They suffered from hunger, their food was but grass and leaves.

One day they were discovered and brought to Ras-el-Ain. An Arab took possession of Aziz and he guarded his sheep and camels many years. One day he heard that his sister was married to a Kurd in a neighbouring village. He fled to there but the Kurd would not take him in. He then went to Mardin from where by our helper he was sent to our reception-home in Aleppo.

Left our care: June 22, 1927. Selfsupporting.