Emil Ludwig
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Emil Ludwig was a German-Swiss author, known for his biographies and study of historical "greats."
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R09134, Emil Ludwig
On 15 March 1921, Armenian student Soghomon Tehlirian killed Talaat Pasha—former grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and the main architect of the Armenian genocide—in Berlin. At his trial, Tehlirian a
Emil Ludwig
…and Istanbul. He became a Swiss citizen in 1932, later emigrating to the United States in 1940. After the 1921 trial of Soghomon Tehlirian for the assassination of Talat Pasha, the main architect of the Armenian genocide, Ludwig wrote, "Only when a society of nations has organized itself as the protector of international order…
Courtroom during the trial
The corpses of Armenians beside a road, a common sight along deportation routes
Talaat Pasha
Russian soldiers pictured in the former Armenian village of Sheykhalan (modern day Eğirmeç) near Muş, 1915