Azo the Slave Boy
Injarabian, Papken
Papken Injarabian was born in 1906 in Amasia, Turkey. He was the youngest of five children. When Ottoman Turkey entered World War I, his older brothers were conscripted and the family never saw them again. The Turkish government then ordered the evacuation of Amasia and neighboring villages, as part of the planned deportation and destruction of Ottoman Armenians. On June 21, 1915, nine-year old Papken, his parents and two sisters had to leave ...