He received his primary education in the local Armenian school . His father , maternal uncle , and numerous other relatives were killed at the beginning of the 1895 Hamidian massacres . Separated from his family , Hagop , then 11 , was taken in by a neighboring Greek family , who hid him for three days . He was later reunited with the surviving members of his family . He found his mother mourning over his father 's lifeless body , which they dragged together and buried under a walnut tree . The scene of his mother , prostrate on her husband 's body , left a deep and indelible impression on the young boy
Hamidian massacres
Hamidian massacres
Shahan Natalie