Centenarian honored as one of Armenian slaughter's survivors As a child, Helen Paloian -- then Helen Kherdian -- wandered the streets, begging for food and shelter. She witnessed Ottoman Turk soldiers raid her village and deport the locals, just before mass killings that many historians call the Armenian genocide began in 1915, her relatives said.
Oct. 21, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
Centenarian honored as one of Armenian mass-slaughter's last survivors Helen Paloian started her life without a home. Orphaned as a young child in Armenia, Paloian — then Helen Kherdian — wandered the streets, begging for food and shelter. She witnessed Ottoman Turk soldiers raid her village and deport the locals, just before mass killings that many historians call the Armenian genocide began in 1915, her relatives said.
Oct. 21, 2013 - Chicago Tribune