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The Armenian Genocide Trial That Defined Crimes Against Humanity
On April 24, 1921, a German courtroom became the stage for one of history’s most consequential legal battles. Soghomon Tehlirian, an Armenian survivor, stood trial for the assassination of Talaat Pasha, the architect of the Armenian Genocide. The prosecution sought to paint him as a cold-blooded murderer, but his defense lawyer, Paul Levy, turned the trial into a global inquiry into the Ottoman Empire’s systematic destruction of its Armenian citizens. Witness after witness took the stand to detail the marches to Der Zor and the atrocities committed by the Teskilat-i Mahsuse. In the end, the…
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