Grandma Kovsar

“My mother said that Armenians attacked the village of Gadirli around 4 o’clock in the afternoon. At that time, all the men in the village either were taken prisoners or wounded. The Armenians took everything they could get their hands on. My mother tied one year old baby to her chest and one year and a half old to her back, and left the house, first going to her elder sister-in-law, and then to her younger sister-in-law. She couldn’t find anyone. In the snowy and stormy weather, my mother ran along the mountainous and stony roads and arrived in Karakhach. When she looked at the road, she saw that Armenians were taking over 100 women away. They took children from the women, threw them into the river, and picked up beautiful ones. On the way, my mother’s baby fell off her back into the valley. My mother said that she wanted to fill her child’s mouth with snow and kill him, but she just couldn’t do it. Armenians were taking women and girls at a distance of 100-200 meters. My mother lost both her children within a few days.”