The father of this boy died before the war. The Armenians of Erzroom were mostly deported to the vilayets of Harpoot and Diarbekir. Hammas' family was one of the first deported. Hammas with his mother and two sisters was driven to the mountains and after several days they were deported with another caravan. Most of the women and girls were half-nacked. They have been robbed of everything. Within a few days the mother and the small brother became ill, both died the next day. Hammas had to take care of his two sisters. They were hungry and thristy, but nobody could help them as all were in need of the same thing. One of his sisters died, perhaps of hunger. Finally the caravan reached a place Argana-Maden. There they were attacked and robbed by the Kurds, there he lost his last sister. He himself was taken prisoner and became the slave of a Kurd. Tired of this kind of life he fled over the frontier, met our agent and came to our Rescue-Home.

Left our care: August 13, 1927. Selfsupporting.