{"id":10823,"date":"2017-01-20T19:44:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=10823"},"modified":"2017-01-20T19:44:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:44:02","slug":"last-survivor-of-the-armenian-genocide-in-canada-passes-away-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=10823","title":{"rendered":"Last Survivor of the Armenian Genocide in Canada Passes Away in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ottawa \u2013 The last survivor of the Armenian Genocide in Canada, Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian, passed away peacefully last night in Montreal, at age 108. She is survived by her two sons, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. <\/p>\n

Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian was born in Gesaria (current day Kayseri, Turkey), in 1909. In 1915, during the Ottoman Turkish government\u2019s genocidal campaign against the Armenian population of the empire, she, along with her family found herself in the deportation marches that culminated in the systematic annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians. Like many Armenians at the time, she was forced to assume an Islamic identity in order to survive. After the genocide, she settled in Egypt, reclaiming her Armenian identity and forming a family that eventually settled in Montreal, Canada in 1971.<\/p>\n

Armenian Genocide survivors, living examples of resilience, rebirth and fortitude, found themselves in a world that stood passive as the perpetrator denied its past and intentionally misconstrued history with impunity. Despite the fact that they had no sense of closure with their past, they remained hopeful and optimistic, becoming the greatest sources of influence for all the generations that followed.<\/p>\n

Although Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide today, Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian and many survivors that chose Canada as their new home were fortunate enough to have lived in a country, where the pain that was inflicted upon them and millions of other innocent Armenians was courageously recognized as a genocide by the Canadian Senate in 2002, the House of Commons in 2004 and the Government in 2006.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Mrs. Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian lived long enough to see the Canadian House of Commons, on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, unanimously pass Motion 587, declaring the month of April as Genocide Remembrance Condemnation and Prevention Month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe strongly believe that it is only through our concerted efforts as Canadians, that we can strengthen our promise to fight against injustice and bolster our commitment to uphold the truth and prevent future violations of human rights\u201d said Shahen Mirakian, President of the Armenian National Committee of Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we witness the passing of an entire generation that did not see justice being served throughout their lifetime, we stand ever resolute in our struggle against denial and impunity and restate our steadfast commitment in our pursuit for justice\u201d added Mirakian.<\/p>\n

As countries, such as Canada stand up against injustice and take a principled stance on issues of human rights, we rest assured that the legacy of Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian and others will be upheld, and history will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n

The ANCC mourns the passing of Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian and expresses its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased.<\/p>\n

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The ANCC is the largest and the most influential Canadian-Armenian grassroots human rights organization. Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout Canada and affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCC actively advances the concerns of the Canadian-Armenian community on a broad range of issues and works to eliminate abuses of human rights throughout Canada and the world.<\/p>\n

Derni\u00e8re survivante du G\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien au Canada s\u2019\u00e9teint \u00e0 108 ans<\/strong><\/p>\n

OTTAWA \u2013 Nous avons appris ce matin que la derni\u00e8re survivante du g\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien au Canada, madame Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian ,est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e paisiblement la nuit derni\u00e8re \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 108 ans. Le CNAC pleure le d\u00e9c\u00e8s de Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian et exprime ses plus sinc\u00e8res et profondes condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 la famille de la d\u00e9funte.<\/p>\n

Madame Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian a vu le jour \u00e0 Kayseri (anciennement connue sous le nom de C\u00e9sar\u00e9e de Cappadoce) en 1909. En 1915, apr\u00e8s la campagne g\u00e9nocidaire du gouvernement turc ottoman contre la population arm\u00e9nienne de l\u2019empire, sa famille s\u2019est trouv\u00e9 au milieu des marches de la mort qui ont culmin\u00e9 par l\u2019annihilation syst\u00e9matique de 1,5 millions d\u2019Arm\u00e9niens. Comme plusieurs, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 forc\u00e9e \u00e0 se convertir \u00e0 l\u2019Islam afin de survivre. Suite aux d\u00e9portations, elle s\u2019installe en \u00c9gypte, reprend son identit\u00e9 arm\u00e9nienne et fonde une famille qui viendra s\u2019installer \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al en 1971.<\/p>\n

Les survivants du g\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien, exemples de t\u00e9nacit\u00e9 et de courage, se sont trouv\u00e9s confront\u00e9s \u00e0 une communaut\u00e9 internationale rest\u00e9e inerte, tandis que la Turquie continue jusqu\u2019\u00e0 aujourd\u2019hui \u00e0 nier son pass\u00e9 et falsifier intentionnellement l\u2019histoire en toute impunit\u00e9. En d\u00e9pit du fait qu\u2019ils se sont vus refuser la possibilit\u00e9 de tourner la page, ils sont rest\u00e9s optimistes pour l\u2019avenir.<\/p>\n

Malgr\u00e9 la position n\u00e9gationniste de la Turquie actuelle, Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian et les nombreux survivants qui ont choisi le Canada comme nouveau foyer, ont v\u00e9cu dans un pays o\u00f9 la douleur qui leur avait \u00e9t\u00e9 inflig\u00e9e \u00e0 eux et \u00e0 d\u2019autres innocents Arm\u00e9niens a \u00e9t\u00e9 courageusement reconnue officiellement comme crime de g\u00e9nocide par le S\u00e9nat (2002), la Chambre des communes (2004) et le gouvernement canadiens (2006).<\/p>\n

De plus, madame Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian a v\u00e9cu assez longtemps pour voir la Chambre des communes du Canada, \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du 100e anniversaire du g\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien, passer \u00e0 l\u2019unanimit\u00e9 la Motion-587 d\u00e9signant le mois d\u2019avril comme mois de la pr\u00e9vention, de la condamnation et de la comm\u00e9moration du g\u00e9nocide.<\/p>\n

\u00ab Nous croyons qu\u2019en tant que Canadiens nous pouvons renforcer et combattre l\u2019injustice partout, il faut consolider cet engagement \u00e0 maintenir la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et \u00e0 emp\u00eacher de futures violations des droits de l\u2019homme tels des g\u00e9nocides, \u00bb a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Shahen Mirakian, pr\u00e9sident du Comit\u00e9 National Arm\u00e9nien du Canada.<\/p>\n

\u00ab Alors que nous t\u00e9moignons le d\u00e9c\u00e8s d\u2019une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration enti\u00e8re qui n\u2019a pu vivre la reconnaissance par l\u2019\u00e9tat turc du crime perp\u00e9tr\u00e9 contre tout un peuple, nous sommes plus r\u00e9solus que jamais dans notre combat contre le d\u00e9ni et l\u2019impunit\u00e9, et nous r\u00e9affirmons notre engagement dans cette qu\u00eate de justice \u00bb a conclu Mirakian.<\/p>\n

Puisque des pays tels que le Canada se dressent face \u00e0 l\u2019injustice et prennent une position de principe sur des questions de droits de l\u2019homme, nous sommes assur\u00e9s que l\u2019h\u00e9ritage de Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian et des autres seront prot\u00e9g\u00e9s et que l\u2019histoire ne sera jamais oubli\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Le CNAC pleure le d\u00e9c\u00e8s de Knar Bohdjelian-Yemenedjian et exprime ses plus sinc\u00e8res et profondes condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 la famille de la d\u00e9funte.<\/p>\n

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Le CNAC est l\u2019organisation politique canadienne-arm\u00e9nienne la plus large et influente au Canada. Le CNAC s\u2019occupe activement de repr\u00e9senter le point de vue collectif arm\u00e9no-canadien sur les questions d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat public, et de soutenir et promouvoir les questions relatives aux droits de l\u2019homme au Canada et \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale. Le CNAC travaille en \u00e9troite collaboration avec ses bureaux r\u00e9gionaux et des associations affili\u00e9es \u00e0 travers le Canada, ainsi qu\u2019avec d\u2019autres organisations arm\u00e9niennes poursuivant des objectifs similaires \u00e0 travers le monde.<\/p>\n

Canada’s last verified Armenian genocide survivor dies at age 107<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Josh Dehaas<\/p>\n

(ctvnews.ca) A Montreal woman believed to have been the last documented Canadian to have survived the Armenian genocide died on Thursday, just weeks shy of her 108th birthday.<\/p>\n

Born in 1909, Knar Bohjelian Yemenidjian was only six years old in 1915 when the Ottoman Turks began their massacre. An estimated 1.5 million people were killed.<\/p>\n

Yemenidjian\u2019s niece, Nazan Artinian, says that she learned much of what she knows about the genocide from her aunt Knar, because other family members were unable to discuss the atrocities.<\/p>\n

Artinian says her aunt and mother survived initially only because Yemenidjian\u2019s father (Artinian\u2019s grandfather) was warned by a Turkish friend that \u201call the Armenians are going to be killed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The friend told him, according to Artinian, \u201cIf you want to live, leave your house, take your family and go to this farm and hide yourself there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artinian says the family lived in the barn, sleeping amongst the stench of sheep and cows. She says they had little food and were sickened with Typhoid fever.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the family left the farm but were forced to convert to Islam and take on Turkish names in order to survive, according to Artinian. \u201cA great aunt said,” she adds, “it\u2019s better to change your religion and live longer than to \u2026 remain Christians and finally die.”<\/p>\n

The family fled to Alexandria, Egypt in 1928. During the Nasser era, the family again fled to safer lands. Yemenidjian ended up in Canada in 1971.<\/p>\n

Artinian says her aunt always encouraged the younger generation to speak Armenian — not Arabic or Turkish — because it was a language the Turks had denied them.<\/p>\n

She says she\u2019ll remember her aunt as someone who always had a book or newspaper in her hand because the Turks had deprived her of a formal education.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy aunt used to say \u2018I always like to read now because I always wished to go to school and I couldn\u2019t all my life,\u2019\u201d Artinian says.<\/p>\n

in 2015. at age 106, Yemenidjian was among just a handful of verified Armenian-Canadian survivors who attended a special ceremony on Parliament hill marking 100 years since the genocide began.<\/p>\n

There are other anecdotal reports of Armenian-Canadian survivors from the genocide, but historians have not fully verified those cases through the appropriate record checks.<\/p>\n

Yemenidjian was determined to be the last survivor verified through the Armenian National Committee of Canada.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s was among the first countries to recognize the genocide, in 2004.<\/p>\n

Turkey, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has refused to take that step. It recalled its ambassador from Germany last year after the German parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of recognizing the genocide.<\/p>\n

Culture minister and Montreal MP Melanie Joly was among those who issued condolences to Yemenidjian\u2019s loved ones online Friday.<\/p>\n

Shahen Mirakian, President of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, said that \u201cas we witness the passing of an entire generation that did not see justice being served throughout their lifetime, we stand ever resolute in our struggle against denial and impunity and restate our steadfast commitment in our pursuit for justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

A service is being planned for Yemenidjian on Wednesday in Montreal at Sourp Hagop Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Le CNAC exprime ses condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 la famille de la derni\u00e8re survivante du g\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien au pays<\/strong><\/p>\n

(radio-canada.ca) Le Comit\u00e9 national arm\u00e9nien du Canada a dit pleurer le d\u00e9c\u00e8s de Knar Bohjalian-Yeminidjian, qui est morte hier \u00e0 l’\u00e2ge de 108 ans. \u00ab Alors que nous t\u00e9moignons le d\u00e9c\u00e8s d’une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration enti\u00e8re qui n’a pu vivre la reconnaissance par l’\u00e9tat turc du crime perp\u00e9tr\u00e9 contre tout un peuple, nous sommes plus r\u00e9solus que jamais dans notre combat contre le d\u00e9ni et l’impunit\u00e9, et nous r\u00e9affirmons notre engagement dans cette qu\u00eate de justice \u00bb, a affirm\u00e9 le pr\u00e9sident du comit\u00e9, Shahen Mirakian.<\/p>\n

La derni\u00e8re Canadienne \u00e0 avoir surv\u00e9cu au g\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien s’\u00e9teint<\/strong><\/p>\n

(radio-canada.ca) La toute derni\u00e8re survivante du g\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien qui \u00e9tait encore en vie au Canada s’est \u00e9teinte hier soir \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, \u00e0 l’aube de ses 108 ans. Knar Yemenidjian a \u00e9t\u00e9 emport\u00e9e par une pneumonie.<\/p>\n

Un reportage de Ren\u00e9 Saint-Louis<\/p>\n

La Montr\u00e9alaise d’adoption a surv\u00e9cu au massacre, commis par l’arm\u00e9e turque, d’environ 1 million d’Arm\u00e9niens pendant la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale.<\/p>\n

Knar Yemenidjian est n\u00e9e dans la ville de C\u00e9sar\u00e9e de Cappadoce le 14 f\u00e9vrier 1909. Cette ville, situ\u00e9e en plein centre de la Turquie, porte aujourd’hui le nom de Kayseri.<\/p>\n

Knar a 6 ans lorsque commence le massacre d’Arm\u00e9niens par la nouvelle arm\u00e9e turque. Cette arm\u00e9e remplace celle du vieil Empire ottoman, qui apr\u00e8s 600 ans d’existence, s’effondre lors de la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale.<\/p>\n

Nous l’avons rencontr\u00e9e le mois dernier dans le CHSLD de Montr\u00e9al o\u00f9 elle vivait depuis quelques ann\u00e9es. La vieille dame venait alors d’\u00eatre identifi\u00e9e par le Comit\u00e9 national arm\u00e9nien du Canada comme \u00e9tant la derni\u00e8re survivante du g\u00e9nocide encore en vie au pays. En raison de son \u00e2ge tr\u00e8s avanc\u00e9, elle n’\u00e9tait plus apte \u00e0 nous raconter elle-m\u00eame son histoire.<\/p>\n

C’est donc son fils, Hovsep Yemenidjian, qui nous a parl\u00e9 de ce qui s’est pass\u00e9 entre avril 1915 et juillet 1916.<\/p>\n

Son p\u00e8re, donc mon grand-p\u00e8re, \u00e9tait soldat dans l’arm\u00e9e. Et c’est l’un de ses amis, un militaire turc, qui a cach\u00e9 toute la famille dans une ferme quand les massacres ont commenc\u00e9. Ils sont rest\u00e9s quelques mois dans une \u00e9table avec les animaux \u00e0 dormir par terre.<\/em>
\n Hovsep Yemenidjian<\/em><\/p>\n

Hovsep raconte que ces quelques mois ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s difficiles pour sa m\u00e8re, qui pleurait pour avoir quelque chose \u00e0 manger, ne serait-ce qu’un morceau de pain moisi.<\/p>\n

Tandis que les soldats arm\u00e9niens qui servaient dans l’arm\u00e9e turque commen\u00e7aient \u00e0 dispara\u00eetre, souvent fusill\u00e9s, le p\u00e8re de Knar a attrap\u00e9 la fi\u00e8vre typho\u00efde. C’est en quelque sorte ce qui allait le sauver.<\/p>\n

Dans l’arm\u00e9e, ils ont dit : “Il va mourir de toute fa\u00e7on!” et ils l’ont renvoy\u00e9. Il a rejoint sa femme et ses enfants, mais toute la famille a alors attrap\u00e9 la typho\u00efde. C’\u00e9tait une maladie souvent mortelle, mais ils ont surv\u00e9cu.<\/em>
\n Hovsep Yemenidjian<\/em><\/p>\n

Quand la jeune Knar et sa famille sont retourn\u00e9es \u00e0 C\u00e9sar\u00e9e de Cappadoce, ils ont d\u00e9couvert leur maison br\u00fbl\u00e9e, comme celles de leurs voisins arm\u00e9niens, qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 pour la plupart extermin\u00e9s. Ils ont reconstruit la maison et ont v\u00e9cu sous de fausses identit\u00e9s pendant 10 ans.<\/p>\n

[Un ami militaire turc leur a permis d’obtenir] des identit\u00e9s musulmanes, des noms musulmans. [Ils ont d\u00fb]se convertir d’une mani\u00e8re ou d’une autre et accepter [le proph\u00e8te] Mahomet.<\/em>
\n Hovsep Yemenidjian<\/em><\/p>\n

Fuite en \u00c9gypte<\/strong><\/p>\n

La famille restera encore 10 ans en Turquie avant d’aller rejoindre en \u00c9gypte d’autres survivants du g\u00e9nocide, ainsi que les milliers d’orphelins arm\u00e9niens pris en charge par les anciennes communaut\u00e9s chr\u00e9tiennes du Proche-Orient.<\/p>\n

C’est \u00e0 Alexandrie que Knar, dont le nom de jeune fille est Bohdjelian, \u00e9pouse en 1943 Jean Yemenidjian. Elle aura trois enfants. Sa fille meurt en bas \u00e2ge, mais ses deux gar\u00e7ons survivent.<\/p>\n

En 1956, la crise du canal de Suez vient perturber le fragile \u00e9quilibre de la minorit\u00e9 arm\u00e9nienne d’\u00c9gypte, raconte Hovsep Yemenidjian.<\/p>\n

\u00ab Ce n’\u00e9tait pas une question de religion, mais plut\u00f4t de nationalisme arabe. Apr\u00e8s la crise du canal de Suez, tous les Europ\u00e9ens, et \u00e7a comprenait les Arm\u00e9niens, \u00e9taient per\u00e7us comme des ennemis, des \u00e9trangers qu’on appelait ajnabi. La communaut\u00e9 a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 partir et, en 10 ans, presque tous les Arm\u00e9niens \u00e9taient partis \u00bb, dit Hovsep Yemenidjian.
\n
\nL’Expo 67<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hovsep partira d’\u00c9gypte le premier, suivi par son fr\u00e8re. Knar vient leur rendre visite pendant l’Exposition universelle de 1967. Elle tombe sous le charme de Montr\u00e9al. Ses deux fils vont devoir la parrainer, car elle a alors d\u00e9j\u00e0 pr\u00e8s de 60 ans.<\/p>\n

Hovsep Yemenidjian aurait souhait\u00e9 que la Turquie reconnaisse sa part de responsabilit\u00e9 dans le g\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien avant la mort de sa m\u00e8re. Une vingtaine de pays, dont le Canada, reconnaissent que le massacre de 1 million de chr\u00e9tiens arm\u00e9niens lors de la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale \u00e9tait un g\u00e9nocide.<\/p>\n

De son c\u00f4t\u00e9, l’ambassadeur de l’Arm\u00e9nie au Canada, Armen Yeganian, dit que la vieille dame \u00e9tait un symbole pour la diaspora arm\u00e9nienne. Il souligne qu’il reste encore dans le monde de nombreux survivants de l’holocauste et du g\u00e9nocide rwandais, par exemple, mais que ceux du g\u00e9nocide arm\u00e9nien, comme Knar Yemenidjian, se comptent maintenant sur les doigts d’une main.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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