David Babayan: Karabakh grandpa who fought at Stalingrad, took Berlin never imagined he could die of hunger

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Armenia –

In Artsakh, several veterans of the Second World War also found themselves in a blockade and siege; all of them under 100 years old. David Babayan, advisor to the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) President, noted this on Facebook.

“I recently met one of them. Grandfather said amazing words. He told that he fought at Stalingrad, Kursk, took Berlin, but never imagined that at the end of his life he could die of hunger. But even in such an advanced age and difficult situation, the victorious warrior does not think about himself, but about his great-great-grandchildren, his wounded country, which did so much to defeat the brown plague and about the situation in which the world finds itself today. Yes, a very interesting message to the world,” the Artsakh presidential advisor added.

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS