Noubar Afeyan recalls German officers that saved his grandfather 100 years ago

“It is a particularly poignant moment for the Afeyan family as my grandfather, Bedros, and his brother Nerses, were saved by German officers manning the Belemedik Rail station under construction during WWI.

We grew up with personal accounts of how these officers defied orders in order to save numerous Armenians from railway cars transporting them to their certain death over many months. It is in the memory of those German officers that I participated as a co-founder of the 100Lives/Aurora Prize projects. Today, the descendants of these German heroes confirmed that they did the right thing 100 years ago”, said Noubar Afeyan.