Tacy Atkinson was an American Christian missionary who served in the Ottoman Empire during World War I and the Armenian genocide. As a witness to the Armenian genocide, her accounts of the Armenian genocide provide an important insight to the event. She is also known for helping many Armenians escape the massacres.
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Tacy Atkinson
Armenian civilians, escorted by armed Ottoman soldiers, are marched through Harput (known as Kharpert by Armenians, the kaza of the Mamuret-ul Aziz), to a prison in the nearby Mezireh
Tacy Atkinson's husband Henry Atkinson also assisted many Armenians escape the massacres
Personnel card of Tacy Atkinson provided by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign MissionsAbout this person
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TurkeyStatus
deceased
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Lived 1870 to 1937 · aged 67
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