The ridiculous denial of “The Armenian Weekly” concerning Armenian Nazism

 Memorial of Nazi war criminal Drastamat “Dro” Kanayan, unveiled near Yerevan in 2000

“What’s Behind All the Pro-Azerbaijan Articles?”, The Armenian Weekly, 24 October 2020:

“Propaganda: Armenians are ‘Plagued by Extremist Ideologies’

(Like Nazism and Anti-Semitism)

On July 13, Kamaras emailed Fox News correspondent Hollie McKay, offering her the opportunity to interview Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to the US Elin Suleymanov. McKay had interviewed the Ambassador in March 2019. [...]

In early August, Kamaras approached a number of news sites on behalf of Amb. Suleymanov. On Aug. 5, he emailed Mercury News asking them to publish an article penned by the Ambassador, titled “Hate crimes have no place under the California sun.” 

The Ambassador’s article centers on a scuffle between Armenian and Azerbaijani protesters in Los Angeles. He proceeds to highlight some statements from Jewish American groups regarding the incident and suddenly hurls allegations of anti-Semitism. “Both Armenia and the Armenian communities abroad have long been plagued by extremist ideologies, political violence and a complicated history with anti-Semitism, Nazi collaborators and Middle Eastern radicals,” he writes. 

Such broad charges are not only insulting to Armenians worldwide and Armenian Americans, many of whom fought the Nazis, but also warps history, erasing the sacrifices of many like the members of the Manouchian Group, one of the most active French resistance groups. Of course, this is coming from the representative of a government that wholeheartedly joins neighbor Turkey in its unashamed and continued denial of the genocide perpetrated by its Ottoman Turkish predecessor. 

Essentially, the Ambassador is relying on charges of anti-Semitism against Armenians to draw support for the Azerbaijani policies and claims against Artsakh. By doing so, he is using the very real presence and danger of anti-Semitism in the world as a tool to further Baku’s agenda and in the hopes of garnering Jewish American and Israeli sympathies. As Kamaras’ previous emails show, Baku’s tactics have at their core the manipulation of fears towards both Iran and anti-Semitism.”

“Sonentz: In Memory of General Dro,” The Armenian Weekly, 16 November 2017:

“WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—On the eve of Veteran’s Day, the Armenia Tree Project (ATP) and the Kanayan family hosted a special dinner in Watertown, honoring Armenian hero General Drastamat “Dro” Kanayan, who led the triumphant Armenian forces at the Battle of Bash Aparan in May 1918.

In addition to being a military commander, General Dro was also a statesman. As a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), he served as Defense Minister of Armenia in 1920, during the First Republic of Armenia.

In 2000, General Dro’s remains were repatriated to Armenia from Massachusetts, and reburied at the site of the Battle of Bash Aparan under a monument commemorating all his historic battles.

Next year marks the centennial anniversary of Armenian independence and in preparation, ATP is planting over 2,000 trees and decorative shrubs and adding walkways and benches at the site of the battle.

(Read more about ATP’s project here)

Tatul Sonentz-Papazian, former editor of the Armenian Review, former director of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and First Republic of Armenia Archives, and current director of the publications department of the Armenian Relief Society (ARS), was the evening’s guest of honor and keynote speaker.

Sonentz-Papazian first met Dro in Cairo in the early 1950s, when both men attended the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) World Congress there. Below are Sonentz-Papazian’s remarks, delivered at the Armenian-American Social Club (Papken Suni agoump) on Nov. 10, in their entirety.”

“Garegin Nzhdeh’s Statue to Be Erected in Bulgaria,” The Armenian Weekly, 26 January 2018:

“PLISKA, Bulgaria (A.W.)—A statue of revered Armenian statesman and military strategist Garegin Nzhdeh (also spelled Karekin Nejdeh and Njdeh) will be erected in Pliska’s Cyrillic Courtyard.”

Christopher Walker, Armenia. The Survival of a Nation, London-New York: Routledge, 1990, p. 357:

“Nevertheless there remains the incontestable fact that relations between the Nazis and Dashnaks [Armenian Revolutionary Federation] living in the occupied areas were close and active. On 30 December 1941 an Armenian battalion was created by a decision of the Wehrmacht, known as the 'Armenian 812th Battalion'. It was commanded by Dro [Drastamat Kanayan], and was made up of a small number of committed recruits, and a larger number of Armenians from the prisoners of war taken by the Nazis in their sweep eastwards. Early on the total number was 8,000; this number later grew to 20,000. The 812th Battalion was operational in the Crimea and the North Caucasus.

A year later, on 15 December 1942, an 'Armenian National Council' was granted official recognition by Alfred Rosenberg, the German minister of the occupied areas. The 'Council' 's president was Professor Ardashes Abeghian, its vice-president Abraham Giulkhandanian, and it numbered among its members [Garegin] Nzhdeh and Vahan Papazian [a member of the ARF’s central committee]. From that date until the end of 1944 it published a weekly journal, Armenien, edited by Viken Shant (the son of Levon), who also broadcast on Radio Berlin.”

Unsigned editorial of Hairenik Weekly (former name of The Armenian Weekly), 19 August 1936:

“Sometimes it is difficult to eradicate these poisonous elements (the Jews) when they have struck deep root like a chronic disease, and when it becomes necessary for a people (the Nazis) to eradicate them in an uncommon method these attempts are regarded as revolutionary. During a surgical operation the flow of blood is a natural thing. Under such conditions dictatorship seems to have the role of a savior.”

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