Tape # 125 & 125 A Hananian, Satanik
Born: 1902
Occupation: Retired shoe shop worker/owner
Ethnic Background: Armenian (also Turkish, Syrian references)
Interviewer: Juliet Bistany
Comments: Satanik talks about the Armenian Massacre by the Turks.
Summary: Narrator describes father's work as an inventor and dye-maker in Aleppo, massacre by Turks and schooling in Aleppo. Narrator's husband became part of French Foreign Legion. Description of Armenians at Mount Ararat, family life in Haverhill (Bradford). Description of difficulties being a first generation Armenian-American, incidences of prejudice at school. An interesting account of present day life n Soviet Armenia; Soviet-Armenian lifestyle.
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Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://lawrencehistory.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.226-shananian.mp3
Date (created)
1985-06-14