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maria jacobsen in 1910 06 november 1960 byblos , lebanon siim , denmark 210px 06 november 1882 mariajacobsen.jpg maria jacobsen
 maria jacobsen christian missionary and witness to the armenian genocide
maria jacobsen

maria jacobsen -lrb- november 6 , 1882 -- april 6 , 1960 -rrb- was a danish missionary and a key witness to the armenian genocide .
jacobsen wrote the `` diaries of a danish missionary : harpoot , 1907 -- 1919 '' , which according to armenian genocide scholar ara sarafian , is a `` documentation of the utmost significance '' for research of the armenian genocide .
for her humanitarian efforts , jacobsen is known as `` mayrik '' -lrb- armenian : mother -rrb- or `` mama '' for having saved many armenians during the genocide .
