SAN JOSE — Judge Socrates P. Manoukian’s father, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, rarely spoke of his childhood.
But things changed when Manoukian had his own sons.
“My dad lived with us the last 15 years of his life. With them, he was a little more candid about it,” the judge said. “He spoke about the kindness of the French Senegalese soldiers that brought him food in 1921-22 in Ant... (continued)