Questions about Musa Dagh 1914- 1915

[Rosesangel]

I am an American Armenian, I was born in the United States. I do not speak Armenian. As I approach my 50th birthday I have felt compelled find my heritage.

My Grandmother Rose, was born in Betias, Syria and she and her sisters and part of her brothers survived the massacure of Musa Dagh.

I am seeking as much information that I can about that time and place. I hoping that you would be able to help me.

[bell-the-cat]

Have you come across the website that has a lot of 1920s photos of a (dedication?) ceremony at a monument on Musa Dagh erected to commemorate the 1915 event? I've lost the url so can't give you it. But I reposted a lot of the photos either here or at the place run by the Dictatorship of Superior Armenians (by that I mean xxxxxxxx, not the Armenian republic ).

[Rosesangel]

http://www.mousaler.com/

I went to 2, this one had the most information and pictures, I also got the name of a professor at UCLA off the website. I will try to make contact with him. What I am searching for is more details. More accounts of that battle. My grandmother left me with a written account of her experience. I now want more details. I also want to know what it looks like. Most of the pictures are of people standing in front of the monument. Not so much of the country side and the villages and the mountains.

I thank you so much for your reply. I will tell you, that God has lead me to some very interesting places recently. while traveling in the town of Pasadena, CA. I became lost, as I took another wrong turn, I saw a restaurant called

"The Armenian Palace".http://www.armenianpalacerestaurant.com/Welcome.html

Out of curiosity I stopped to have dinner. I discovered that the owners’ family was from Betias. We exchanged stories and both have ancestry in the Phillian or Fillian family. So maybe I will be the one sharing information with you folks.

Thanks again for your reply. I am still hoping for more replies from this forum.

[Hovik]

Roseangel,

Welcome to the forum. This might seem blatantly obvious, but have you read the book or watched the (albeit low quality) film titled "The 40 days of Musa Dagh"?

I don't have a copy of the book, but there is a good chance I could send you the video if you haven't seen it. Let me know.

Hovik

P.S. I don't know if you've been to Armenia yet or not (and you must go at some point) there is a village about 30Km outside Yerevan on the way to Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) called "Musa Ler" and in this village there is a monument and museum dedicated to the defense of the Musa Ler Armenians. There are a number of photos and artifacts, it's well worth the visit.

[Joseph]

Roseangel,

Welcome to the forum. This might seem blatantly obvious, but have you read the book or watched the (albeit low quality) film titled "The 40 days of Musa Dagh"?

I don't have a copy of the book, but there is a good chance I could send you the video if you haven't seen it. Let me know.

Hovik

P.S. I don't know if you've been to Armenia yet or not (and you must go at some point) there is a village about 30Km outside Yerevan on the way to Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) called "Musa Ler" and in this village there is a monument and museum dedicated to the defense of the Musa Ler Armenians. There are a number of photos and artifacts, it's well worth the visit.

Also Roseangel, as you probably most recently discovered, the town of Anjar in Lebanon is home to survivors and descendents of Movses Ler.

[Rosesangel]

Please send me the video, because the answer is no. I have seen the books references and I have been looking for the audio tapes of the book, but have not had any luck Thank you so much !

[Joseph]

http://www.mousaleranjar.com

[Hovik]

Please send me the video, because the answer is no. I have seen the books references and I have been looking for the audio tapes of the book, but have not had any luck Thank you so much !

It will be my pleasure, please private message me with your mailing address. Don't post it in the forums please.

[bell-the-cat]

http://www.mousaler.com/

I went to 2, this one had the most information and pictures, I also got the name of a professor at UCLA off the website.

Not the same site.
Here is one of the photos from the other site, whose url I don't know.

[bell-the-cat]

Haha! Found the website. In the same folder as the Musa Dagh pics I had saved was an image with three rather yummy-looking naked women, and in the file's name were the names Gropius and Manon. Did a google search and found this: Mahler-Werfel Papers: Photographs, 1888-1984 http://www.library.upenn.edu/collect...photos/mahler/
The Musa Dagh photos are here:

http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/photos/mahler/1121-10-01a.html