Other than certain errors mentioned by others above, a moving and well-written account. Bravo!

thank you Dr. Shemmassian for correcting the information. I come here regularly to read the news and they are doing a great job, but more research should be conducted to avoid similar issues in the future. It is common knowledge that Musa Dagh community was first moved to Port Said in Egypt and not Greece...

Dear Gayane Mkrtchyan: I commend you for this article. Please consider the following correctiions: 1. Doublecheck whether the interviewee's last name is Habeshyan rather than Hameshyan. 2. The Musa Daghians were taken aboard French warships to Port Said, Egypt, not Greece. 3. The Kabusiye inhabitants were taken to Hama and environs in Syria, not Deir el-Zor, unless Mr. Hameshyan was an exception. 4. The repatriation to Musa Dagh took place throughout 1919, not just in July. 5. The Sanjak of Alexandretta, an autonomous county in Syria, was ceded to Turkey in 1939 by the French mandate government, not British diplomacy. 6. "Pastit" must be Ras el-Basit/Pasit, a beachhead situated between the Armenian enclave of Kesab in the north and the coastal city of Latakya in the south, Syria. The Armenians of Musa Dagh encamped there temporarily (July-September 1939) before they were permanely settled in Anjar, Lebanon. Sincerely, Vahram Shemmassian, Ph.D. Professor and director of Armenian Studies California State University, Northridge

Even though F.Werfel's novel is called "Forty Days of Musadagh" the Musadaghtsis were on the mountain 53 days. Also,the French took the Musadaghtsis to Port Sayid in Egypt and not Greece.