the armenian refugee camp in aleppo

THE ARMENIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN ALEPPO1922 «1936

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IT IS HOPED THAT THIS COLLECTION OF HIS-

TORIC PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE A PERMANENT MO-

MENTO TO THE COMING GENERATIONS, TO RE-

MIND THEM OF THE HARDSHIPS ENDURED BY

THEIR ANCESTORS AND THE DEBT OF GRATITUDE

OwED TO THE BENEVOLENT, HOSPITABLE AND

BROTHERLY ARAB PEOPLE WHO ACCEPTED US,

CHRISTIAN ARMENIANS IN THEIR MIDST, REA-

DILY GRANTING STATUS OF EQUAL CITIZENSHIP

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At the end of the First World War a floating mass of Armenian survivors of

unprecedented, ruthless and most barberic massacres prepatrated by the Turks

found themselves struezling for rehabilitation in parts of their historical

ancestra lands.

This catalistic operation hai hardly mathered momentum when, before the in-

different eves of the Great Western Powers, it was interrupted by further

Turkish attempts for the suppression of the Armenian race.

Once acain these human wrecks faced the challenge of survival in the face of

innumerable difficulties, by mass migrating towards the neighbouring hospi-table Arab countries.

On arriva to destination their priorities were basic. It was to have a roof| on their heads. To this end every piece of discarded tin, wood or corrugated|

tron was collected and with astonishing skill and ingenuity used as buildingmaterial, with the result that a refuge was assured against the rigors of the

approachine winter,principally in the desolate Aleppo district of Suleimanieh.

1 It was under these abpalling conditions of utter poverty,undescribable miseryand lack of basic sanitation that the struzele for life started in the 1920's

‘ for these Armenians, lastine till the mid-thirties.

Eowever,despite the aloom and adversities encountered daily,these expatriatesfrom the interior once Armenian provinces as well as from Aintab, Marash and

Fillis faced their task with fortitude and determination to prepare a betterfuture through sheer hard work and industry for the coming generations.

Durine that eritical period a man, Vartan Derounian, a leading and accomplishedprofessional photorrapher in Alenno, had the visionary insight to record for

posterity the plirht of these refugees in their primitive homes. Be-fore leaving Aleppo in 1947 he left this remarkable collection of photographsto Mr, Aveis Shahinian who had taken over the succession of the business and

who, in his turn handed over to us before leaving for South America.

Sad as it may be, housed confortably in modern appartments equipped with everyconvenience, the new generations are oblivious of the swcrifices made by their

grandparents. This valuable collection of photo@rraphs will remain an indelibleevidence of tha price their ancestors paid for the well bein@ of generationsto follow.

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The house and outpatient clinic of

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A far ory in Aleppo of Kalemji's house and workshop in Marash.

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Palk from Jibin. A moment of respite outside their dwellings.

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MtZpty abvupab {o. Cmphoath {ony abuh«1 dobby Another view of the camp

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20-th Century cave dwellers.Oranny saying "Who is doe heartedt".

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Thu ther» te@abesh senbke?e be All hands for the datly chores. One of the rare friends of the refugees:whay ap Sah y ane Miget Miss BM11, the Estonian Missionary.

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Wo wphenely biomed Time for work and time to learn

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Combining bathine with sunbathing...

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Responsibili%t of children weighing on the parents.

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Sima Der-Ohazarian (left) and

o compositor Tatoul Altounian.

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Sh¥. UbGe Stp-Nequntey ha veins Che Working under the watchful ayes of Sem Der-Ghazarian.

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Wapanp ep Serenity covering deep worries

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tal@by qupgeghg wnufhy The advent of industrialisation

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Dwellers outside in Ounfa Camp.

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Distribution of wood beems ror construction

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Pulling down to construct new houses.

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p- 1996. General view of the reconstructed Armonian Refuges Camp in Meidan - 1936.

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Modern sppartment buildines replace now the miserable huts of what was

once the Arkentan Refuges Camp of Suleimanieh, Residential quarter now

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