They executed Armand Arabian's grandfather by firing squad.
Then the Turkish soldiers drove his grandmother from her home, forcing her to leave behind one of her sons on the bank of the Euphrates River.
In all, more than 1.5 million Armenians died during the 1915 massacre brought by the Turkish government. Men were murdered. Women were raped and sold as slaves. Starvation and butchering became common.
The genocide occurred before Arabian was born, ... (continued)
Then the Turkish soldiers drove his grandmother from her home, forcing her to leave behind one of her sons on the bank of the Euphrates River.
In all, more than 1.5 million Armenians died during the 1915 massacre brought by the Turkish government. Men were murdered. Women were raped and sold as slaves. Starvation and butchering became common.
The genocide occurred before Arabian was born, ... (continued)