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Abraham Koshkerian (Panos) from Zeitoon



First name

Abraham

Last name

Koshkerian

Father's name

Panos

Mother's name


Native country

Zeitoon

Age

13

Orphanage

Karen Jeppe / Aleppo

Admission YYYY-MM-DD

1923 - 06 - 05

Register number

308 / 145

Release YYYY-MM-DD

1923 - 12 - 31

Taken by

Danish Orphanage.





 

            According to the order of the Turkish government he was exiled with his mother and elder brother to Ras-el-Ain. His mother became ill and died. In this critical moment he lost his brother too. Abraham was crying helpless on the road. A Kourd who was passing there took him to his house and used him as his shepherd.

            Once being in the mountains with his herd, a Kourd saw him and shouted [shot] at him wounding him in his arm. Abraham became a cripple. After his recovery he fled to Veran Shehir, from there to Hessiche and finally to Aleppo.

 

 

His father died before the deportation.

            Being a cripple he was received in the Danish orphanage. T

            he community takes care of him now.

 

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