Tredje och sista delen av Maria Sm\u00e5bergs presentation av Alma Johansson och hennes arbete bland armenierna vid tiden f\u00f6r folkmordet kommer h\u00e4r. De tidigare delarna finns h\u00e4r och h\u00e4r.
\n\u00c4r det fler \u00e4n jag som har blivit fascinerade av organisationen Kvinnliga Missionsarbetare och deras mission\u00e4rer och underst\u00f6djare?
\n***<\/p>\n
Alma Johansson.
\nEfter fem \u00e5r i Sverige reste Alma Johansson ut p\u00e5 nytt 1920 f\u00f6r att arbeta bland armeniska flyktingar i framf\u00f6rallt Thessaloniki i Grekland. D\u00e4r stannade hon fram till sin pension 1941 f\u00f6r att hj\u00e4lpa armenier som \u00f6verlevt folkmordet och nu levde under ytterst sv\u00e5ra f\u00f6rh\u00e5llanden i flyktingl\u00e4ger, separerade fr\u00e5n sina familjer och l\u00e5ngt hemifr\u00e5n.
\nH\u00e4r arbetade hon i n\u00e4ra relationer tillsammans med armeniska kvinnor f\u00f6r att hj\u00e4lpa de n\u00f6dst\u00e4llda. De delade ut mat och mediciner, men Alma startade ocks\u00e5 utbildningar och handarbetsindustrier som hj\u00e4lp till sj\u00e4lvhj\u00e4lp.
\nHon skriver om flyktingarnas hoppl\u00f6sa tillvaro, men ocks\u00e5 om vikten att lyssna till flyktingarnas ber\u00e4ttelser f\u00f6r att lindra deras trauman.
\nEfter\u00a0m\u00f6ten med kvinnor som \u00f6verlevt d\u00f6dsmarscherna i \u00f6knen skriver hon:
\nJag tycker det \u00e4r Guds stora n\u00e5d att de inte blivit sl\u00f6a och k\u00e4nslol\u00f6sa. N\u00e4r de f\u00e5r h\u00f6ra att ocks\u00e5 jag f\u00e5tt dela litet av deras lidanden, och k\u00e4nna att jag har djupt medlidande med dem, d\u00e5 \u00e4ro vi ej fr\u00e4mmande f\u00f6r varandra.
\nI Alma Johanssons \u00f6gon saknar visserligen de armeniska kvinnorna hopp, de \u00e4r hoppl\u00f6sa, men de \u00e4r inte hj\u00e4lpl\u00f6sa. Och framf\u00f6r allt \u00e4r de inga fr\u00e4mlingar. Vi h\u00f6r alla samman!\u00a0
\nDe skandinaviska mission\u00e4rerna och hj\u00e4lparbetarna arbetade osj\u00e4lviskt f\u00f6r att r\u00e4dda och lindra n\u00f6den bland de utsatta. Jag t\u00e4nker att det i deras hj\u00e4rtan brann en medlidandets och k\u00e4rlekens eld. Den elden lever alltj\u00e4mt och sprider sig n\u00e4r vi f\u00e5r ta del av deras vittnesber\u00e4ttelser, deras minnen.\u00a0
\nMaria Sm\u00e5berg\u00a0
\n(Texten framf\u00f6rdes som tal vid Armeniska kulturf\u00f6reningens minnesstund vid Fosie kyrka i Malm\u00f6 den 24 april 2015 och vid Syrianska Arameiska Ungdomsf\u00f6rbundets minnesstund p\u00e5 Sergels torg i Stockholm den 25 april, 2015.)
\n***
\nF\u00f6rra veckan invigdes ett monument\u00a0i Varberga i \u00d6rebro till minne av folkmordets offer — det f\u00f6rsta s\u00e5dana minnesm\u00e4rket i Sverige.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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