Anna Nellens

Anna Nellens (1871–1926), also known by her nom de guerre Bella, was a Flemish revolutionary, anarchist, and activist for the Armenian cause.

Together with her husband, Edward Joris, she joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) in its plot to assassinate Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the main figure responsible for the Hamidian massacres, which claimed the lives of 100,000 to 300,000 Armenians. After participating in organizing the Abdul Hamid II assassination attempt in Yıldız, she managed to escape from the Ottoman Empire.

Nellens later settled in Geneva, where she was rejected by the city's Armenian community and lived in significant poverty until the ARF provided financial support, allowing her to open a boarding house. Following Edward Joris's release in 1907, she returned to Antwerp, where the couple purchased and managed a bookstore until Joris went into exile in the Netherlands. Nellens then took over the management of the bookstore until her death in 1926.