Ƙungiyar ma'aikatan mishan na Amirka da ke aikin agaji a Armeniya a lokacin kisan kiyashin. Waɗannan ma'aikatan Ofishin Jakadancin Amirka da Ma'aikatan Agajin Kusa da Gabas sun kasance a Marash bayan yaƙin Jan. 1920: (daga hagu) Rev. James K. Lyman, Ellen Blakely, Kate Ainslie, Evelyn Trostle, Paul Snyder, Bessie Hardy, Stanley E. Kerr, Misis Marion Wilson, da Dr. Marion Wilson. Hoton Dr. Stanley E. Kerr.
Da Frank Ramirez
“An bayar da rahoton kisan kiyashi ga ‘yan Armeniyawa dubu XNUMX, kuma a yanzu sojojin Faransa na ficewa daga birnin. Na yanke shawarar in zauna tare da marayu na, in ɗauki abin da ya zo. Wannan na iya zama wasiƙara ta ƙarshe. Duk abin da ya faru, ka tabbata ga Allah a sama kuma duk yana lafiya. Ina aiki da rana kuma sau da yawa da dare a asibitin gaggawa. Ku yarda da ni, yaƙi jahannama ne.”
Haka Evelyn Trostle (1889-1979), ma’aikaciyar agaji ta ’yan’uwa daga McPherson, Kan., ta rubuta a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu, 1920, daga Marash, a cikin Asiya Ƙarama, inda aka ci gaba da yin kisan kare dangi da gwamnati da jama’ar Turkiyya suka yi wa al’ummar Armeniya. .
Kamar yadda ’yan’uwa suka gane kuma suka tuna da wahalar da mutanen Armeniya suka sha, wadda ta fara a watan Afrilu 1915 kuma ta yi sanadin mutuwar mutane miliyan ɗaya zuwa biyar, yana da muhimmanci mu gane cewa martanin da ’yan’uwa suka bayar bai yi daidai da girman cocinmu.
Mutanen da ke da kyakkyawar niyya a duniya, ciki har da Amurkawa, ko da a tsakiyar yakin duniya na farko, sun kadu da rahotannin da suka fito daga yankin. Mujallun ’yan’uwa masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje sun ba da labarin kisan gillar da aka yi wa yara, mata, da maza da ba su ji ba ba su gani ba.
'Yan'uwa da farko suka amsa da karamcin da ba a taba gani ba. Dala 250,000 da jama'a suka tara a 1920 zai kai dala miliyan 3 zuwa dala miliyan 4 a yau.
Ƙari ga haka, a lokacin da ba a taɓa jin labarin ilimin ɗabi’a ba, ’Yan’uwa sun yi aiki tare da Kiristoci daga wurare dabam-dabam ta wurin Kwamitin Ba da Agaji a Gabas ta Tsakiya.
Rahoton Taron Taron Shekara-shekara na 1920 ya yaba wa AJ Culler don aikin da ya yi na shirya yunƙurin haɗin kai na ’yan’uwa a ƙasar Armeniya, yana mai cewa “an ba da kuɗin da nufin ceto ’yan Adam da ke fama da yunwa fiye da yadda ake ba don kowane fa’ida ko bashi wanda zai iya zuwa ga ’yan’uwa ɗaya ɗaya. Church of the Brothers.”
Sa’ad da yanayin siyasa ya tabarbare, an kori ma’aikatan agaji da suka haɗa da ’yan’uwa da yawa, amma kamar yadda rahoton ya ce: “’Yar’uwa Evelyn Trostle, wadda Kwamitin Kusa da Gabas ta kafa a Marash, ta ga wasu munanan kisan-kiyashi da kuka karanta a lokacin da aka yi juyin mulki. watannin hunturu. Ta gwammace ta ci gaba da zama a kan aikinta, ta dogara ga Allah ya ba ta kariya, maimakon ta bar marayun ta ga tausayin azzaluman Turkawa. Ta kasance misali mai kyau na ayyukan sadaukar da kai na ma’aikatan agaji.”
Trostle ta ceci rayukan ɗaruruwan yara ta wurin kasancewarta a lokacin kisan kiyashin a farkon 1920. Armaniyawan da ta yi hidima ta ƙarfafa ta ta koma Amurka don ba da labarinsu, wanda ta yi cikin haɗari mai girma, tana hawan doki tsawon ɗaruruwan mil mil. na ƙasa mai haɗari.
Trostle, wacce ta kasance mai koyarwa a Kwalejin McPherson, ta ci gaba da kashe yawancin rayuwarta a gabar tekun Yamma, tana tara kuɗi don agajin Armeniya tare da ba da labarin abin da ta lura. Dangantakar 'yan'uwa da mutanen Armeniya ta ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa ta hanyar Jami'ar La Verne a kudancin California.
-Frank Ramirez Fasto ne na Cocin 'yan'uwa, marubuci, ɗan tarihi, kuma mai yawan ba da gudummawa ga Newsline da "Manzo." Madogararsa na wannan labarin sun haɗa da Mintuna na taron shekara-shekara 1920, shafi 38-39; The New York Times, Maris 10, 1920; da kuma hirar da marubucin ya yi. Duba kuma "Wane Zai Kāre Yara?" a cikin littafin Ramirez "Mutumin Mafi Mahimmanci a Gundumar Patrick da Sauran Jaruman 'Yan'uwa da Ba a Yi tsammani ba" (Brethren Press, 2004). oda littafin a www.brethrenpress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=8593