PREVIOUSLY we left Daniel parted from his mother. FROM DANIEL’S DIARY 27- ‘RAIN SOAKS US’ ‘There was a river at a place called Mamurieh, near Adana, where we spent two to three weeks. Nearby there was a railway station, where the German troops were stationed . I don’t know w
PREVIOUSLY we left Daniel stealing wheat, getting a beating and having a feast with his mother. FROM DANIEL’S DIARY 23- ‘WE HAVE A BATH A YEAR’ One night there was a heavy rain storm while we were in the tent at Kurd Bahcheh. The men in the tent, who still had some strength
PREVIOUSLY we left Daniel and his mother not realizing they were about to embark on a march to death. FROM DANIEL’S DIARY. 19- ‘TEN MONTHS AT ISLAHIEH AND KURD BAHCHEH’ ‘Half way to Zeitun we were stopped and other Armenian deportees from different regions joined us and we were forced
Previously we left Daniel and his mother deported from Zeitoun. FROM DANIEL’S DIARY. 15- MY FIRST VIEW OF MARASH As we left Zeitun we were fortunate to secure a donkey on which we loaded a few essentials-food, clothing and bedding, while mother and I walked. In about 10 hours we reached the
Previously in episode 3 we left Daniel’s diary when the Ottomans hanged Nazareth Chavach before he could die of his wounds.…. FROM DANIEL’S DIARY. 12- DEPORTED April 1915 we celebrated Easter, the greatest feast of the year and a week later the deportation of Zeitun began, they were
Previously in episode 2 we left Daniel’s diary with a rifle found in the family barn by the Ottoman authorities.….As far as I know, we were not held responsible for hiding a gun’ FROM DANIEL’S DIARY. 10- FIGHTING IN THE MONASTERY It must have been about March 1915. The Ottoma
Previously in episode 1 we left Daniel armed to the teeth age six. FROM DANIEL’S DIARY. ‘MISSED CHURCH ON SUNDAY’ Zeitun was a town of 15,000, all Armenians with another 15,000 in the surrounding villages. On Sundays all work stopped and everybody went to church. Father was in
Hi, I’m Elda, an executive producer working in television, a filmmaker, a wife and a mother and not necessarily in that order. In fact the order changes according to the day and the crisis. Today April 24th is the date of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. So, to introduce myself properly
