Summary
This is the audio only presentation of Stanley Kerr, a US officer of the Sanitary Corps in WWI, who became involved with the Near East Relief effort in Marash at the end of WWI to rescue Armenian orphans. He goes into detail about the background in Aleppo at the end of the war when France pulled out from supporting the Armenians leaving Armenians vulnerable to Turkish forces. As Kerr vividly explains, the dangerous situation at the end of the war threatened surviving Armenians as well as those working for relief.
Summary
This is the audio only presentation of Stanley Kerr, a US officer of the Sanitary Corps in WWI, who became involved with the Near East Relief effort in Marash at the end of WWI to rescue Armenian orphans. He goes into detail about the background in Aleppo at the end of the war when France pulled out from supporting the Armenians leaving Armenians vulnerable to Turkish forces. As Kerr vividly explains, the dangerous situation at the end of the war threatened surviving Armenians as well as those working for relief.
Biography of Stanley Kerr
Stanley E. Kerr was an American humanitarian and professor renowned for his work with Near East Relief, an organization that supported Armenian and Greek refugees during and after the Armenian Genocide. In his mid-twenties, Kerr left his home in the United States and volunteered with Near East Relief in Marash, Turkey. While in Marash, he met his future wife, Elsa Reckman. Together, they witnessed the devastation of the Armenian Genocide.
Compelled by their experiences, they dedicated the rest of their lives to organizing humanitarian support for the survivors and providing educational leadership for all Middle Easterners through their work at the American University of Beirut. Kerr documented the struggles faced by Armenian refugees in Marash in his book, "The Lions of Marash."