Political and Religious assassinations can create chaos among entire countries and groups of people of different beliefs and ideology. One such assassination was that of Armenian Archbishop Leon Tourian.
In this episode we discuss the murder of the Armenian Catholic Archbishop Leon Tourian. On Christmas eve 1933 while holding a Christmas eve mass at an Armenian church in Washington Heights, 9 men surrounded and killed Archbishop Tourian.
I will discuss the events that lead to attempts on the Archbishop's life. Describe how the murder went down based on eye witness testimony. I will also discuss the effects of his murder on the Armenian community in the United States.