A 1921 assassination in Berlin brought the architect of a genocide to justice
The 1921 assassination of Talaat Pasha on a Berlin street led to a landmark trial that forced the world to acknowledge the atrocities committed against the Armenian people during the First World War.
In 1921, a young Armenian student named Soghomon Tehlirian tracked down and killed Talaat Pasha, the former Ottoman leader who orchestrated the Armenian Genocide. Tehlirian was part of Operation Nemesis, a covert mission to seek justice for the million lives lost.
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