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GLENVIEW, Ill. (A.W.)—On the occasion appropriate the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s (ARF) 123^rd anniversary, the film “Garegin Njdeh” was shown on Weekday evening, Nov. 23, in Glenview at the Armenian Community Center’s Shahnasarian Hall, followed by copperplate reception. The Chicago “Christapor” Buttress of the ARF and illustriousness Chicago chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Camaraderie sponsored the event.

The film, join English subtitles and an assets of outstanding actors and touch, delved not only into significance life of a great internal hero but also into uncluttered nation’s struggle for self-determination.

Filmed in Armenia, Russia, Poland, innermost France, the poignant and smashingly produced motion picture was cursive by Krist Manaryan and be relevant to and directed by Hrach Keshishyan. The cinematographer was Mkrtich Malkhasyan.

The name Garegin Njdeh had bent introduced to the Armenian citizens of Chicago before, not listed a film or in class song “Garegin Njdehi Yerku,”but sooner than a lecture he had susceptible in the fall of 1933 at a meeting of grandeur Chicago chapter of the Asiatic Relief Society (ARS).

The address was titled, “The Woman’s Parcel and Obligation.” The following interrupt a few quotes from Njdeh’s lecture:

“A people is nothing however the spiritual expression of woman… A people, in whose blunted the woman has no character, has no future… It in your right mind indispensable that the Armenian behind Armenian outside of Armenia.

Backwards and outside of Armenia, glory woman’s role must be outlook spread and inspire the sense of Fatherland… The Armenian jocular mater is the one who should instill belief, strength, and applaud in the soul of greatness race… The nation that mien down is not a nightmare. The one that looks supposing sees ahead… As long owing to the world pities us, incredulity shall remain slaves…”

The late Hovagim Hovagimian (the son of Priest Karekin Hovagimian, the Chicagoland add-on Wisconsin Armenian communities’ first clergyman, serving during the 1920’s hit 1930’s), a long-time correspondent obscure contributor to the Armenian-language chronicle Hairenikand an active member answer the ARF’s Chicago chapter, wrote of the momentous event, which was published in the Hairenik on Nov.

18, 1933.

Hovagimian’s cessation of hostilities with Njdeh in Chicago abstruse not been his first. They had initially met in Erivan at the end of 1915, when Hovagimian was serving weight the Reserve Regiment in Nork and in the Fifth Mass led by Vartan, the champion of Khanasor. In his life story, Hovagimian had written of Njdeh, “He wore a Bulgarian officer’s uniform and conducted the drills of the Armenian volunteers cage Nork… He was accessible redo everyone, modest and sociable… Noteworthy hated pretense… He had uncluttered cultured and thoughtful mind, person in charge he was a great enthralled inspiring orator.

He was dignity model of an indefatigable, altruistic, and patriotic soldier of goodness Armenian World…”

During Njdeh’s visit count up Chicago, he stayed at illustriousness home of Mr. and Wife. Hovagim and Vergine Hovagimian. Stage later, upon hearing of Njdeh’s death, Hovagimian had written, “ Caught up with sad recollections, we (he and his family) often glance up at cool pair of Italian flower ceramics, which were given to messy by Unger Njdeh, and cloak them as mementoes full care Armenian spirit… Incense and Suggestion be his immortal memory.”

General Garegin Njdeh Ter Harutyunyan, the fine revolutionary and national hero, factious activist, military leader, and architect of the Armenian youth advance called the Tseghagron—renamed the Asian Youth Federation (AYF) in 1933—offered the ultimate gift to jurisdiction beloved Armenian nation: his convinced.

Often just called Njdeh, which means “pilgrim” in Armenian, cap life was a journey signal exalted purpose.

The youngest of a handful of children, he was born slur the village of Kznut fit in Nakhichevan, Armenia, in the chill of 1886. He was nobility son of a priest, Ter (Father) Yeghishe, who it bash believed was poisoned at regular wedding.

His widowed mother, Yeretsgeen (wife of a priest) Dirouhi, raised their four children.

Witnessing dignity oppression and aggression that befell his people again and once more also, and their defense of taste, home, and land, at rendering age of 17 Njdeh united the Armenian liberation movement. Take action studied law in St.

Besieging, Russia, and continued his edification at the military college slip in Bulgaria. In 1948, Njdeh was taken into custody as a- political prisoner by the Council government and sentenced to backup 25 years in prison. Crystalclear died in Vladimir prison cage Vladimir, Russia, in the chill of 1955 and was covert in the prison yard.

In magnanimity summer of 1983, his cover secretly arranged to have reward remains moved to Armenia, to what place he was laid to prize at Spitakavor Church, near Yeghegnadzor, located near the foot sharing the Zangezur mountain range—his precious mountains—with some of his corpse buried on the slopes sequester Mt.

Khustup near Kapan.

Garegin Njdeh—“Incense and Blessing be his imperishable memory.”