Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with John Antreassian, circa 1968-1977.
Creator: | Antreassian, John | Project: | Columbia Armenian Oral History Archive. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound recording 2 audio discs (1 hr., 40 min., digital ; 4 3/4 in.) sound recording 1 reel | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Scope and ContentsBorn in Sepastia, Turkey, 1897; stone carving; emigration of brothers to the United States prior to deportations; farmer; description of villages and church; confiscation of guns by torture; transportation of government products to remote sites; witness of amassed corpses; return to birthplace; disaster and demolition; hiding in the mountains; Turkish identification of Armenians by examination of penis, conversion to Islam; becoming a Turk; highway construction; escape; Communist Russia abondonment of Erzroum, Van; lamentation of lack of organized self-defense.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, and the Armenian Education Council, 2005.
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