In 1914-1915 , Amirian served as General Andranik Ozanian 's personal bodyguard and tutor . He was also a personal friend of famed General Drastamat Kanayan , also known as General Dro . On June 28 , 1914 , Gavrilo Princip decided to make a decision that changed the map of Europe forever by assassinating the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire , Archduke Franz Ferdinand . Gavrilo Princip was part of the Black Hand , which was an organization that committed terrorist like acts in order to secure the freed of Bosnia-Herzegovina . One month later , World War I erupted in Europe . By 1915 , the war reached the Ottoman Empire and triggered the Armenian Genocide , which resulted in the death of over 1.5 million Armenians . Amirian was traumatically affected because of the massacre . The Amirian family was driven out of Bayburt and were forced to march until they reached their deaths . As the Amirian family and thousands of other Armenian reached Erzincan , Amirian 's mother , Vartanoush had committed suicide by jumping into the Tigris river . The rest of the family , which consisted of 50 members , marched throughout the Ottoman Empire until all of them had perished . The only surviving member of the Amirian family was Haiganoush , Krikor Amirian 's oldest sister . Haiganoush was able to escape before the Ottoman soldiers had reached Bayburt
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Krikor Amirian