Oral history interview with John Antreassian, circa 1968-1977.

Scope and Contents

Born 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.

Subjects

• Antreassian, John--Interviews.
• Armenian Americans--Biography.
• Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923--Personal narratives.
• Armenians--Turkey--History--20th century.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, and the Armenian Education Council, 2005.