One day in March, 1921, a young man burst
into Hardenberg Street, Berlin, trailing a
neighborhood resident who was out for a stroll.
Minutes later, he struck down his target with a
bullet through the head.
At his trial, the young Armenian, Soghomon
Tehlirian, acknowledged the killing but claimed
he was no murderer. It was the victim, Talaat
Pasha, who had orchestrated the massacre of
Tehlirian's family and people.
Decades afterwards, the archives of the Zoryan
Institute and the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation (Tashnagtsutiun) would reveal the
true story of this special mission (hadoog kordz
in Armenian), code-named "Nemesis" for the
goddess of righteous vengeance.