News articlesofficial documents on this page, you will explore news articles and official documents that are related to the armenian genocide. As genocides, how do armenian genocide and holocaust. The armenian genocide of 1915 armenian church library. What people do not realize is that the armenian genocide was the template for the holocaust. Us documents about armenian genocide usf library special. Of the 150 exporters, 127 were armenian and 23 turkish. The armenian genocide of 1915, while causing substantial loss of life, also had enormous economic consequences.
They were living in a region that they had inhabited for. America and the armenian genocide, 19151930 and after by peterson, merrill d published 2004. During a turkification campaign, the government squads kidnapped children, converted them to islam and gave them to turkish families. The starting date is conventionally held to be 24 april 1915, the day that ottoman authorities. All you need to know about so called armenian genocide with historical documentsproofs not just words. The great massacres and persecutions of the past seem almost insignificant when compared with the sufferings of the armenian race in 1915.
The mass killing of armenians by ottomans is said by some to have been the 20th centurys first genocide. Social education 696, pg 333337 2005 national council for. Several facts in connection with the genocide are a matter of ongoing dispute between parts of the international community and turkey. Facts about armenian genocide talk about the attempt of the young turks to remove the armenians from the ottoman. The armenian genocide in history southern poverty law center. In november 1914, the ottoman empire went into the world war i on the side of the central powers. The armenian genocide of 1915 was the first major genocide of the 20th century and the forerunner for subsequent 20th century genocides. Strategic consequences of armenian genocide abridgment almost a century has passed since the armenian genocide of 1915, and up to this day, armenia, armenian nation and each one of us feel the consequences of that horrible tragedy. By studying this genocide, students will be able to see the relationships between the armenian genocide and the jewish. The armenian narrative defines the events of 1915 a priori as a genocide by putting the historical background and the concrete facts aside and also by completely ignoring the legal aspect. Like any other genocide debate, the armenian case is also a very sensitive subject for the players.
In 1915, during world war i, leaders of the turkish government set in motion a plan to expel and massacre armenians. Facing history has done with this book what it does best. The population of the armenians was rapidly declined by 1923. As genocides, how do armenian genocide and holocaust compare. Untangling the truth from the myth of the armenian genocide. However, a group of armenian nationalists devised a plan, known as operation nemesis, to track down and assassinate the leaders of the genocide. Fielding common questions related to the history that documents. Armenian genocide was systematically applied in the land occupied by the ottoman empire during the world war i. Henry morgenthau, american ambassador to the ottoman. The genocide of the armenians facing history and ourselves. Several facts in connection with what is called the genocide, is a matter of ongoing dispute between parts of the international.
Armenian genocide simple english wikipedia, the free. Up to 400,000 survived the first world war within the empire, with a particular concentration in. The armenian genocide also known as the armenian holocaust or the armenian massacre is a term which refer to the forced mass evacuation and related deaths of hundreds of thousands or over a million armenians, during the government of young turks from 1915 to 1917. However, a group of armenian nationalists devised a plan, known as operation nemesis, to. We have seen the danger in alternative facts and misinformation, said school board member monica garcia. Up to 20,000 people, mostly suspected cpk dissidents and regional officials, were tortured and killed there from 1976 to 1979. Social education 696, pg 333337 2005 national council. The committee on foreign affairs, to whom was referred the res olution h. In 2002, the ictj addressed members of the turkish armenian reconciliation commission tarc on questions of reconciliation and transitional justice. They forcibly evacuated the nations cities, emptied hospitals and buddhist monasteries, closed schools and factories, abolished money and wages, and scattered libraries. It raises important questions about our own responsibilities as individuals. Of the 9,800 shopkeepers and craftsmen, 6,800 were armenian and 2,550 were turkish. These rivalries would later influence the course of the armenian genocide. Armenians from kesaria in front of jail one hour before all were killed.
United states official records on the armenian genocide 19151917, pp. It will still take a long time to rehabilitate from that terrible blow. Islam in total 5 to 10 per cent of the ottoman armenians. Important new scholarship has established that depriving armenians of their homes.
The documentary evidence of the genocide includes a 1915 telegram to a turkish provincial official from behaeddin shakir, one of the leaders of the secret organization created to plan and carry out the genocide, which included death squads staffed by criminals released from prison for that purpose. Armenian economic superiority of the 166 ottoman importers, 141 were armenian and turkish. The genocide against the armenians 19151923 and the. The holocaust and 1915 armenian events are two different things and it dilutes the facts and confuses people to mix them together. Shot to memorialize the a hundredth anniversary of the armenian genocide, 1915 the movie the armenian genocide talksthe taleof thequestionabletheatre.
The armenians were slaughtered and killed during the genocide by the young turks. By the early 1920s, when the massacres and deportations finally ended. However, the most important trigger for the genocide was the start of the first world war. The russian duma the lower house of the bicameral russian legislature voted on april 20, 1994, to recognize the armenian genocide. Smith college of william and mary, williamsburg, virginia eric markusen southwest state university, marshall, minnesota robert jay lifton the city university of new york this article examines turkish efforts to deny the armenian genocide of. The armenian genocide was the ruthless slaughter of millions of armenians by the turks of the ottoman empire. The narrative that revolves around genocide, this magical word, gives both visibility to. April 24 is commemorated as the date of the beginning of the armenian genocide.
Professional ethics and the denial of armenian genocide roger w. She added, it is important for text books to give the correct information about the armenian genocide. The permanent peoples tribunal recognized the armenian genocide on april 16, 1984. Then i will talk about the turkish denial of the genocide, its implications for armenias.
The genocide against the armenians 191523 and the relevance of. Ismail enver, who was then the minister of war, launched a disastrous military campaign against russian forces in the caucasus in hopes of capturing the city of baku. The main cause of the diaspora is because of the armenian genocide. His forces were routed at the battle of sarikamis, and many more of his men froze to death. The day to commemorate the armenian genocide was on 24th april. Starting mostly in the late 19th century, various ethnic groups and regions of the ottoman empire started agitating for independence. After considering arguments, the international panel of jurors, which included. Armenian genocide historical society of pennsylvania. What were the causes of the armenian genocide, and who led it. The starting date is conventionally held to be 24 april 1915, the day that ottoman authorities rounded up, arrested, and deported from constantinople now istanbul. One can easily point to the russoturkish war 1877 78 and the congress of berlin 1878 which concluded the war as. Affirmation of the united states record on the armenian genocide. Turkey, as the successor state of the ottoman empire, be held li able by international legal or political. Below are excerpts taken from these documents that can be used to help you answer the questions that are listed below.
The story of the armenian genocide and its legacies is told in facing historys newest resource book, crimes against humanity and civilization. By the end of wwi, eastern anatolia, where the muslims and armenians had lived together for a thousand. Smith, chairman, commission on security and cooperation in europe, presiding. Of the 153 industrialists, were armenian and 20 were turkish. Genocide museum the armenian genocide museuminstitute. Reading 1 evacuation, deportation, and death in april 1984, the permanent peoples tribunala public tribunal that hears cases of human rights abuses and tries them according to international lawheld a session considering the facts of the armenian genocide. The european parliament voted to recognize the armenian genocide on june 18, 1987. The morphine overdose, toxic gas, and typhoid inoculation were some examples on the ways to kill the armenians. But this cause does not apply on the armenians who live in former soviet states and iran. They completely removed from the historic west armenia and asian minor. A brief history of the armenian genocide sara cohan i am confident that the whole history of the human race contains no such horrible episode as this. Holocaust and genocide education asks, what does the mandate require. The armenians were not only killed by leaving them in hunger and thirst in the desert.
In 1915, there were about 2 million armenians living in what was then the ottoman empire. Yet in turkey and the former lands of the ottoman empire, where the murder of more than a million armenians took place, these events have never been officially accepted as. Professional ethics and the denial of armenian genocide. In april 2015, people around the world marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the armenian genocide see reading, genocide under the cover of war in chapter 3. The armenian genocide of 1915 went unchecked and was quickly forgotten by the world.
Mar 15, 2018 the indonesian genocide files, as she calls the intelligence archive, confirm a narrative of army culpability. The armenian genocide also known as the armenian holocaust was the systematic mass murder and expulsion of 1. Luckily, after long searches, tiruhis mother found her. The armenian genocide and the ongoing quest for justice april 23, 2015 commission on security and cooperation in europe washington, dc the hearing was held at 1. In 1914, when the war broke out, talaat was minister of the interior and the most influential leader in the committee of union and progress, the secret organization which controlled the turkish empire.
The armenian genocide was the systematic killing and deportation of armenians by the turks of the ottoman empire. Based on recent developments in international law, can. When one of the turkish officers saw me, he said he would take me with him as his daughter. In 2002, the ictj addressed members of the turkish armenian. Just before the first world war there were around two million christian armenians living in the ottoman empire. The armenian genocide historical society of pennsylvania. Chief of the santebal, kaing khek iev, alias deuch, reported directly to son sen, the centre official responsible for security. The socalled armenian question is generally thought of as having begun in the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1918, armenia finally got their independence after it was in the stateless condition for almost 600 years. Smiths analysis of the denial of the armenian genocide deals with some of the universal features of denial as rejection of fact and as defence mechanism, as rationalization and justification by dehumanization of the victims, and as distortion by ambiguity, euphemism, and literalness. Decapitated heads in the beginning, around 19151916, armenians would be kicked out of their homes, which would be claimed by turks.
Armenian federation for justice and democracy in brussels in april. Apr 23, 2015 the mass killing of armenians by ottomans is said by some to have been the 20th centurys first genocide. On 2 august 1914, one day after germany had declared war on russia, germany and the ottoman empire signed an agreement for close collaboration and mobilisation. The armenian thesis claims that the events constitute a genocide, that the ottoman government had an official albeit hidden intent to exterminate the armenian nation. It is a history that is as relevant today as it was in the 1940s.
It makes extensive references to the holocaust to create the impression that the armenian genocide had similar methods and goals and is just as indisputable as the holocaust. A memoir of the american genocide 19151918 vintage, 2010, the first armenian volume was published in 1922, the second in 1959. The armenian genocide was the forcible deportation and massacring of armenians during the government of the young turks from 1915 to 1917 in the ottoman empire. Economiclegal perspectives on the armenian genocide.
The 11 facts you want are below, and the sources for the facts are at the very bottom of the page. The indonesian genocide files, as she calls the intelligence archive, confirm a narrative of army culpability. These are some photos documenting the armenian genocide. Although it is generally agreed that events said to comprise the armenian genocide did occur, the turkish government rejects that it was genocide, on the alleged basis that the deaths among the armenians, were not a result of a statesponsored plan of mass.