The story of Soghomon Tehlirian
Told a Berlin court he survived the 1915 massacre at Erzincan; shot Talaat Pasha dead in Berlin in 1921 and was acquitted by a German jury.
Soghomon Tehlirian. Told a Berlin court he survived the 1915 massacre at Erzincan; shot Talaat Pasha dead in Berlin in 1921 and was acquitted by a German jury.
1921
Soghomon Tehlirian, acquitted by Berlin. Of killing Talaat Pasha.
The jury answered the question put to it, whether he was guilty of intentionally killing Talaat Pasha, in the negative.
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