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Christian families fleeing the Turkish massacre

Date
1910s
SayfoWorld WarRefugees

A caravan of Christian families with ox carts and bundled belongings on the road, fleeing the massacres. Likely 1914 or 1915, in north-west Persia.

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Source

Yohannan, The Death of a Nation (1916), via Internet Archive

Abraham Yohannan · Public domain (published 1916)

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