Armenian massacre victim being carried to the mass grave in the Armenian Gregorian Cemetery, Erzurum, Turkey, 1895

Name: Armenian massacre victim being carried to the mass grave in the Armenian Gregorian Cemetery, Erzurum, Turkey, 1895
Author: Sachtleben, William Lewis

İsim	Armenian massacre victim being carried to the mass grave in the Armenian Gregorian Cemetery, Erzurum, Turkey, 1895
Yazar	Sachtleben, William Lewis
Basım Tarihi:	November 2, 1895
Basım Yeri	- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Konu	Cemeteries--Turkey--Erzurum \| Dead persons--Turkey--Erzurum \| Mass burials--Turkey--Erzurum \| Armenia--History--1801-1900 \| Armenian massacres, 1894-1896--Turkey--Erzurum \| more \| less
Tür	Resim
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar	b&w nitrate negative
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	uclamss_1841_0328 \| ark:/21198/zz002hfss4
Kayıt Numarası	oai:library.ucla.edu:ark:%2F21198%2Fzz002hfss4
Lokasyon	University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Tarih	November 2, 1895
Notlar	Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. \| Photograph of 4 Armenian men carrying the body of a victim of the October 30 massacre to the mass grave. The cemetery wall and stand of trees where the bodies of the victims were laid out are in the background. \| On Wednesday, October 30, 1895, Armenians were massacred in Erzurum and the surrounding Armenian villages. American journalist William Sachtleben happened to be in Erzurum at that time, investigating the disappearance of American cyclist Frank Lenz. During the massacre Sachtleben was in the American mission building, where over 200 Armenians fled for protection. Sachtleben witnessed the aftermath of the massacre; he took photographs of the victims in the Armenian Cemetery and wrote three lengthy and detailed letters about the massacre that were published, unsigned and attributed to an Occasional Correspondent, in the London Times on November 16, 27 and December 9. In the Nov. 16 letter he wrote: "Saturday, Nov. 2...I went with one of the cavasses of the English Legation, a soldier, my interpreter, and a photographer (Armenian) to the Armenian Gregorian Cemetery. The municipality had sent down a number of bodies, friends had brought more, and a horrible sight met my eyes. Along the wall on the north in a row 20ft. wide and 150ft. long, lay 321 dead bodies of the massacred Armenians..." \| "An Unceremonious Burial: On the Way to the Grave. The burial of most of the victims took place on November 2. There was no funeral ceremony at all. The photograph shows four Armenians half-dragging and half-carrying a corpse from the rows of bodies about 300 feet away to the large trench dug for the burial of 350. The carrying of so many dead in this manner made a beaten path from the two rows of bodies to the grave." ["The Massacre at Erzeroum, October 30, 1895: From Photographs Taken on the Three Following Days." The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, Dec. 7, 1895. Quoted in Gia Aivazian, "The W. L. Sachtleben Papers on Erzerum in the 1890s" in Armenian Karin/Erzerum, ed. R. G. Hovannisian (2003)] \| more \| less
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Armenian massacre victim being carried to the mass grave in the Armenian Gregorian Cemetery, Erzurum, Turkey, 1895

Yazar Sachtleben, William Lewis

Basım Tarihi November 2, 1895

Basım Yeri - University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections

Tür Resim

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Fiziksel Boyutlar b&w nitrate negative

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası uclamss_1841_0328 | ark:/21198/zz002hfss4

Kayıt Numarası oai:library.ucla.edu:ark:%2F21198%2Fzz002hfss4

Lokasyon University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections

Tarih November 2, 1895

Notlar Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. | Photograph of 4 Armenian men carrying the body of a victim of the October 30 massacre to the mass grave. The cemetery wall and stand of trees where the bodies of the victims were laid out are in the background. | On Wednesday, October 30, 1895, Armenians were massacred in Erzurum and the surrounding Armenian villages. American journalist William Sachtleben happened to be in Erzurum at that time, investigating the disappearance of American cyclist Frank Lenz. During the massacre Sachtleben was in the American mission building, where over 200 Armenians fled for protection. Sachtleben witnessed the aftermath of the massacre; he took photographs of the victims in the Armenian Cemetery and wrote three lengthy and detailed letters about the massacre that were published, unsigned and attributed to an Occasional Correspondent, in the London Times on November 16, 27 and December 9. In the Nov. 16 letter he wrote: "Saturday, Nov. 2...I went with one of the cavasses of the English Legation, a soldier, my interpreter, and a photographer (Armenian) to the Armenian Gregorian Cemetery. The municipality had sent down a number of bodies, friends had brought more, and a horrible sight met my eyes. Along the wall on the north in a row 20ft. wide and 150ft. long, lay 321 dead bodies of the massacred Armenians..." | "An Unceremonious Burial: On the Way to the Grave. The burial of most of the victims took place on November 2. There was no funeral ceremony at all. The photograph shows four Armenians half-dragging and half-carrying a corpse from the rows of bodies about 300 feet away to the large trench dug for the burial of 350. The carrying of so many dead in this manner made a beaten path from the two rows of bodies to the grave." ["The Massacre at Erzeroum, October 30, 1895: From Photographs Taken on the Three Following Days." The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, Dec. 7, 1895. Quoted in Gia Aivazian, "The W. L. Sachtleben Papers on Erzerum in the 1890s" in Armenian Karin/Erzerum, ed. R. G. Hovannisian (2003)] | more | less

Parçası Olduğu Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841 | Sachtleben (William) Images of Armenian Massacre