Oscar S. Heizer was an American diplomat who served in various posts as Consul General in the Ottoman Empire. Heizer, who was the Consul General in Trebizond during World War I, witnessed the Armenian
Heizer standing second from the right at a wedding
American Consul Heizer and wife beside auto (This is NOT Oscar Heizer OR his wife. CJ Heizer his Great Grandson)
Trebizond was a city in the Ottoman Empire where the Armenian genocide occurred. The method employed to kill was mainly by mass drowning, resulting in estimated deaths of 50,000 Armenians. The city wa
Oscar S. Heizer
…Heizer was married three times. He died August 1, 1956, and is buried at the Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Armenian genocide in Trebizond Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian genocide…
The Armenian church of Trebizond, used as an auction site of confiscated Armenian goods during the war and after the Armenian genocide in 1918