Yves Ternon
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Yves TernonYves Ternon (born in 1932 in Saint-Mandé
, France
) is a French
physician, author of historical books about the Jewish Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide
. Doctor of medicine's history of University Paris IV Sorbonne. He is also an active member of Doctors Without Borders organization.
He testified in front of French and Swiss justice for several Armenian terrorists: Mardiros Jamgotchian (sentenced in 1981 for the assassination for Mehmet Yergüz, secretary of Turkish consulate in Geneva
); Max Hraïr Kilndjian (sentenced in 1982 as an accessory for attempt of murder against the Turkish ambassador in Switzerland
); and four members of Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
, sentenced for the attack against Turkish consulate of Paris
.
Saint-Mandé
Saint-Mandé is a commune of the Val-de-Marne department in Île-de-France in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.-History:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
physician, author of historical books about the Jewish Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I...
. Doctor of medicine's history of University Paris IV Sorbonne. He is also an active member of Doctors Without Borders organization.
He testified in front of French and Swiss justice for several Armenian terrorists: Mardiros Jamgotchian (sentenced in 1981 for the assassination for Mehmet Yergüz, secretary of Turkish consulate in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
); Max Hraïr Kilndjian (sentenced in 1982 as an accessory for attempt of murder against the Turkish ambassador in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
); and four members of Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia or ASALA was an Armenian nationalist militant organization, that operated from 1975 to 1986. The group also operated under other names such as The Orly Group and the 3 October Organization...
, sentenced for the attack against Turkish consulate of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Books
- Le massacre des aliénés (with Socrate Helman), Casterman, 1971.
- German Doctors and national-socialism (1973),
- Armenians, history of a genocide (Threshold, 1977 and 1996),
- The Armenian Cause (Threshold, 1983),
- Investigation into the negation of a genocide (Brackets, 1989),
- The criminal State (Threshold, 1995).