Aurora (Arshaluys) Mardiganian was an Armenian-American author, actress, and a survivor of the Armenian genocide.
Aurora Mardiganian on a 2013 Armenian stamp
A film poster/flyer for the 1919 film Auction of Souls
Ravished Armenia, also known as Auction of Souls, is a 1919 American silent film based on the autobiographical book Ravished Armenia by Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian, who also played the lead role in the film. The film, which depicts the 1915 Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire from the point of view of Armenian survivor Mardiganian, who plays herself in the film, survives in an incomplete form.
Original 1919 poster for the film
Still of one of the crucified girls
Promotional flyer featuring the film's alternative title, Auction of Souls, and an image of Aurora Mardiganian.