Armenia is a small country today with a population of just under 3 million. But the influence of the events of that time still affects Germany and its foreign policy today. On March 15, 1921, one of the organizers of the Armenian Genocide (1915/16), Mehmed Talât Pasha, was shot by the Armenian Soghomon Tehlirian in Hardenbergstrasse in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The activist of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) was put on trial a few days later in Berlin-Moabit. This trial and its outcome influenced international jurisprudence far beyond Armenia and Germany. In this episode, you will hear how the so-called “Operation Nemesis” and its effects are still perceived today, including in the Armenian community.
