Houshamadyan has obtained access to the photographs of 46 Armenian orphans, which are part of Garo Derounian‘s personal photographic collection.
Most probably, these orphans were photographed on the grounds of the Near East Relief (NER) orphanage in the Lebanese city of Jbeil. Another possibility is that they were photographed in Ayntab, in 1919-1920, prior to their move to Jbeil. Each photograph measures 7.8 x 10.3 centimeters (3 x 4 inches) in size. Each orphan is photographed smiling.
These remarkable photographs take us back to the world of Armenian orphans in Lebanon. In the early 1920s, thousands of these orphans, who had barely survived the horrors of the Genocide, were scattered across numerous orphanages across Lebanon. These institutions cared for the orphans, educated them, taught them trades, and prepared them for adult life.
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https://www.houshamadyan.org/oda/middle-east/jbeil-orphan-house-lb.htmlThe article was translated into English and Turkish respectively by Simon Beugekian and Sevan Deirmendjian.
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