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Karen Jeppe

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Danish missionary and social worker (1876-1935)

Lived 1876 to 1935 · aged 59
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Karen Vel Jeppe was a Danish missionary and social worker, known for her work with Ottoman Armenian refugees and survivors of the Armenian genocide, mainly widows and orphans, from 1903 until her death in Syria in 1935.

Also inDeutsch

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Jeppe together with Misak and Hajim Pasha near AleppoJeppe together with Misak and Hajim Pasha near AleppoKaren Jeppe Armenian College of Aleppo in 1973Karen Jeppe Armenian College of Aleppo in 1973Memorial to K. Jeppe in her hometown of Gylling, the inscription says: Karen Jeppe; Mother of the ArmeniansMemorial to K. Jeppe in her hometown of Gylling, the inscription says: Karen Jeppe; Mother of the Armenians

Awards 1

1927Medal of Merit in Gold

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Enrico DalgasAlso won Medal of Merit in GoldEmma GadAlso won Medal of Merit in GoldPeder Oluf PedersenAlso won Medal of Merit in GoldGeorg Carl AmdrupAlso won Medal of Merit in GoldHack KampmannAlso won Medal of Merit in GoldKirstine MeyerAlso won Medal of Merit in Gold

About this person

Karen Vel Jeppe was a Danish missionary and social worker, known for her work with Ottoman Armenian refugees and survivors of the Armenian genocide, mainly widows and orphans, from 1903 until her death in Syria in 1935. She was a member of Johannes Lepsius' Deutsche Orient-Mission and assumed responsibility for the Armenian children in the Millet Khan German Refugee Orphanage after the 1895 Urfa massacres.

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Lived 1876 to 1935 · aged 59
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