
(Testimony Translation)
There was carnage happening in my motherland.
Everything was burning or on the verge of burning.
My mother took us and we began walking away from the village along the river.
On our way up, we saw someone heading towards us.
I started crying because it became hard for me to walk.
I asked my mother "why are we leaving?  We should have stayed in the village, like the 300 to 1000 people that stayed"
Now I understand the foresight my mother had.
A woman approached us and asked us "Where are you heading?"
"We are going up the hills along the river" my mother replied.
With that woman, we continued traveling along the river up to the hills.
We had walked about 5 to 6 miles, and then we noticed Turkish soldiers on horses (askyars) going into our village.
They started gathering people up like sheep, and started forcing them into barns.
There were about 7 barns total, which belonged to Malghas Aghe (Lord Malghas).
Then they started to put gasoline, dry wood, and dry bushes all around the barns and they burning all the people in the barns.

We continued going up the hills until the sun went down.
The next day, we woke up and went to a near by Turkish village.
When we got there, we recognized someone we knew
He borrowed wheat from us, so he invited us to his house.
He hosted us and took care of us for about 3 to 4 days.
Then we got news that the Russian are coming.
The Turks prepared to flee to the mountains.
Then they killed my mother for her gold.
A village shepherd took my brother and the man who killed my mother took me to help take care of the child he was expecting.
I don't know what else to say.
It's better off that I don't say anymore.
I don't have the heart or mind anymore, it's too painful.
that's enough…


Վերապրել (To Survive)

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