My brother-in-law was American Consul Davis’ body guard in Mezre and the Consul himself saved my father’s life. There was a Turkish gendarme by the name of Shadhe who wanted to kill my father. ...
They took us from Hüsenig, to Mezre, to Kharpert, to Malatia and then, after a couple of days’ walk, to the shores of the Euphrates River. It was around noon when we got there and we camped. ...
Hagopian was born to an Armenian family on 20 October 1913, in Kharpert, Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. In summer of 1915, when the Ottoman soldiers rampaged through Kharpert...
I remember it was early April, 1915, when all the men in Kharpert went to work, but never returned. My father was among them and we heard he was taken to a jail in Mezre. My sister went to see him....