MONUMENT TO NURSE RELIEVED ARMENIANS IN OTTOMAN TURKEY ERECTED IN NORWAY

PanARMENIAN.Net - On the initiative of the Armenian community of Syria, the Norwegian city of Kragero has erected a statue honoring Bodil Catharina Biorn born in the city. She devoted 30 years of her life to providing relief to the Armenians, who lived in Turkey in early last century. As reported by the European Armenian Federation, the statue will be unveiled on May 29. According to the source, in 1905 Bodil Biorn went to Turkey, where she provided aid to the Christian populations, and especially to the Armenians, who endured oppression under the Young Turk Government. Stationed in various regions of the Ottoman Empire (e.g., Van, Cilicia), Bodil Biorn was in Mush in 1915 when the Genocide began. Later on - during the First Armenian Republic (1918-1920) - she poured her energy into providing assistance to survivors of the Genocide.