Համօ Օհանջանեանի նամակները Զօր Քէյսիի եւ Դրոյի (Բ. Համաշխարհային պատերազմի շրջան)

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dc.contributor.authorԶաւէն Մսըրլեան
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-26T11:32:30Z
dc.date.available2026-03-26T11:32:30Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractDuring WWII, when the fate of the battle of Stalingrad was still undecided, the Soviet Armenian poet Avedik Issahakian submitted an article entitled "The Adventurers..." to the Armenian Diaspora media, accusing ARF party leaders Alexander Khadissian, Tro Ganayan and Ardashes Apeghian of collaborating with the Nazis. Months later, after the Nazis had surrendered in Stalingrad, Hamo Ohanjanian, a former prime minister of the first Republic of Armenia (1918-1920) and a leading member of the Tashnag Party Bureau, replied to Issahakian in an open letter, arguing that he had offered no proof and that the said leaders had neither uttered a word in favor of Hitler, nor signed any document, nor made any declarations. Facts on the ground were different, however The Armenian National Council, led by Apeghian, had signed a document on February 15, 1943 calling for the liberation of Armenia from Soviet rule and for the political autonomy of Armenia under the protection of the Third Reich. In their publication, Azad Hayastan (Free Armenia), Apeghian had written a leading article on this subject. News spread about the formation of national legions, including an Armenian legion. There were conflicting reports on the involvement of Tro, who had a team of 65 to 120 collaborators. Thus, Ohanjanian, wrote a letter to the British Minister of State, Richard Casey, dated July 15, 1943. Ohanjanian reminded Casey that the Party supported the Allied cause and reiterated that position, announcing that in the Nazi occupied European countries, where 150,000 Armenians resided, the Tashnag newspapers, chapters, and lecture halls had all ceased functioning, that there had been no formation of an Armenian Legion, and that the Armenian broadcast from Berlin Radio only gave news and no political speeches. It mentioned Goring's decree where had said Armenians were inimical to Germans. Furthermore, in the letter Ohanjanian requested that an accompanying letter addressed to Tro be dispatched to a party member either in Paris or Bucharest. The said letter was in Armenian and forbade Tro from undertaking any collaboration. A commentary on both letters by British Col. Simson's indicated that, despite London's denial of the receipt of a letter dated July 6, 1941 which assured Tashnag party supoort to the Allies, that letter indeed had been sent and the Tashnag party had remained faithful towards the Allies. However, London had decided to cut all ties with the Tashnag party so as not to arouse the suspicions of Turkey and USSR. Simson noted that the main reason for Ohanjanian's letter was the undisciplined actions of some individuals in the occupied European territories. There were unconfirmed reports in October 1942 that Ganayan and Khadissian were collaborating with the Germans. As the political section of British intelligence had given its orders, the Minister of State did not reply to the letter, but did send it to London. These documents are being published for the first time, with comments on some of the matters raised by both letters.
dc.identifier.citationՄսըրլեան, Զ., «Համօ Օհանջանեանի նամակները Զօր Քէյսիի եւ Դրոյի (Բ. Համաշխարհային պատերազմի շրջան)», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2017, Պէյրութ, էջ 277-300
dc.identifier.urihttps://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1245
dc.titleՀամօ Օհանջանեանի նամակները Զօր Քէյսիի եւ Դրոյի (Բ. Համաշխարհային պատերազմի շրջան)
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