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Armenian genocide: The humanity behind Biden鈥檚 plan for recognition
Linda Feldmann
Every Armenian American, it seems, represents a profound legacy. For Alice Kelikian, a historian at Brandeis University, it鈥檚 in the story of the three aunts she never knew and the memory of her father, Dr. Hampar Kelikian, a survivor of the Armenian genocide of 1915-1923.聽
Dr. Kelikian went on to become a renowned Chicago surgeon, who saved a young wounded World War II veteran鈥檚 right arm 鈥� and encouraged him to go into politics. That man is former GOP Senate leader and 1996 presidential nominee Bob Dole.
April 24 marks the 106th anniversary of the start of the Ottoman Turkish mass killing of Armenians that claimed 1.5 million lives. The genocide is widely recognized the world over, but rarely by U.S. presidents, fearing repercussions from NATO ally Turkey. President Ronald Reagan though glancingly.聽
President Joe Biden is expected Saturday to fully recognize the Armenian genocide. It鈥檚 no coincidence that he鈥檚 close to former Senator Dole, now ailing and in his 90s, and whom President Biden recently visited. For decades, Mr. Dole has been devoted to the cause of Armenian genocide recognition.聽
But it also matters to Mr. Biden. 鈥淚f we do not fully acknowledge, commemorate, and teach our children about genocide, the words 鈥榥ever again鈥� lose their meaning,鈥� he聽聽as a presidential candidate.
For Dr. Kelikian鈥檚 daughter Alice, April 24 鈥� Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day 鈥� is as meaningful as ever. 鈥淏ob Dole broke down at my father鈥檚 wake鈥� in 1983, she tells the Monitor. 鈥淚 am moved by the humanity in all of this.鈥�
