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FRANK PALLONE PAYS TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SURVIVOR ARMENIAN WOMAN
Noyan Tapan
April 4, 2008
Congressman Frank Pallone paid tribute in memory of Armenian Genocide
survivor Askouhy Jallyan-Vassilian, who passed away on February 27
shortly after celebrating her 94th birthday. Mrs. Jallyan-Vassilian
attended a markup session of the House of Representatives Committee on
Foreign Affairs as it worked on a resolution recognizing the deplorable
deprivation of human rights that occurred during the Armenian genocide.
Mrs. Jallyan-Vassilian was born on February 12, 1914, in Orfa,
Turkey. Mrs.
Jallyan-Vassilian was able to flee the horrors of genocide when she
escaped with her mother to neighboring Syria.
Noyan Tapan
April 4, 2008
Congressman Frank Pallone paid tribute in memory of Armenian Genocide
survivor Askouhy Jallyan-Vassilian, who passed away on February 27
shortly after celebrating her 94th birthday. Mrs. Jallyan-Vassilian
attended a markup session of the House of Representatives Committee on
Foreign Affairs as it worked on a resolution recognizing the deplorable
deprivation of human rights that occurred during the Armenian genocide.
Mrs. Jallyan-Vassilian was born on February 12, 1914, in Orfa,
Turkey. Mrs.
Jallyan-Vassilian was able to flee the horrors of genocide when she
escaped with her mother to neighboring Syria.