Knar Bohjelian-Yemenidjian, the last survivor of the Armenian Genocide living in Canada passed away on January 19 at the age of 107.
Knar Yemenidjian was born in 1909 in Kayseri. Bohjelian and her entire family bore Turkish names in order to survive the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Bohjelian got married and lived in Egypt for over 40 years before moving to Montreal in 1971 with her family, Horizon Weekly reported.
She will be survived by her 2 sons, 3 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
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