Grandpa Movses (Marash Girl's Grandfather), already an American citizen, left Marash via Egypt to travel to the United States in 1914; he planned to work and send money back so that his family could join him, but, because of the outbreak of World War One, and the beginning of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 1915, communications became impossible. Yepros worked in the hospital in Marash, earning a loaf of bread for a day's work -- often the only nourishment in the day that she and her family had during those dark years.
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