Tweet
TODAY IS SOGHOMON TEHLIRIAN COMMEMORATION DAY
tert.am
23.05.12
May 23 is a day to commemorate Soghomon Tehlerian, an Armenian national
hero who became famed for assassinating the chief perpetrator of the
Genocide, Talaat Pasha, in 1921.
Tehlirian was born in Bagaritch, Western Armenia in 1896. After
completing his preliminary education in his hometown, he pursued
further studies at the Central College of Yerznka.
In 1913, Tehlirian moved to Serbia, but following the breakout of World
War I, he departed to Armenia to join a voluntary detachment led by
the legendary hero, Zoravar Andranik (Andranik Ozanyan). A survivor of
the Armenian Genocide, Tehlirian was deeply moved by the big tragedy.
In 1921, Tehlirian joined the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation-Dashnaksutyun's Operation Nemesis, a covert plan aimed at
assassinating the architects of the 21st century's first heinous crime
against humanity. He gunned down Talaat Pasha in the Charlottenburg
District of Berlin, Germany on March 15, 1921 as an act of vengeance
for Talaat's role in orchestrating the Genocide. Tehlirian was tried
and subsequently acquitted by a German court.
The trial of Tehlirian was a rather sensationalized event at the time,
with the hero being defended by three attorneys.. It examined not only
Tehlirian's actions but also his conviction that Talaat Pasha was the
main author of the Armenian deportation and mass killings. The defense
attorneys made no attempt to deny the fact that Tehlirian had killed
a man, and instead focused on the influence of the Armenian Genocide
on Tehlirian's mental state. It took the jury slightly over an hour
to render a verdict of "not guilty" on grounds of temporary insanity.
Later in the year, one of the streets in the district was named
after Tehlirian. On June 2, 1921, the German court declared the the
hero invincible.
tert.am
23.05.12
May 23 is a day to commemorate Soghomon Tehlerian, an Armenian national
hero who became famed for assassinating the chief perpetrator of the
Genocide, Talaat Pasha, in 1921.
Tehlirian was born in Bagaritch, Western Armenia in 1896. After
completing his preliminary education in his hometown, he pursued
further studies at the Central College of Yerznka.
In 1913, Tehlirian moved to Serbia, but following the breakout of World
War I, he departed to Armenia to join a voluntary detachment led by
the legendary hero, Zoravar Andranik (Andranik Ozanyan). A survivor of
the Armenian Genocide, Tehlirian was deeply moved by the big tragedy.
In 1921, Tehlirian joined the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation-Dashnaksutyun's Operation Nemesis, a covert plan aimed at
assassinating the architects of the 21st century's first heinous crime
against humanity. He gunned down Talaat Pasha in the Charlottenburg
District of Berlin, Germany on March 15, 1921 as an act of vengeance
for Talaat's role in orchestrating the Genocide. Tehlirian was tried
and subsequently acquitted by a German court.
The trial of Tehlirian was a rather sensationalized event at the time,
with the hero being defended by three attorneys.. It examined not only
Tehlirian's actions but also his conviction that Talaat Pasha was the
main author of the Armenian deportation and mass killings. The defense
attorneys made no attempt to deny the fact that Tehlirian had killed
a man, and instead focused on the influence of the Armenian Genocide
on Tehlirian's mental state. It took the jury slightly over an hour
to render a verdict of "not guilty" on grounds of temporary insanity.
Later in the year, one of the streets in the district was named
after Tehlirian. On June 2, 1921, the German court declared the the
hero invincible.