The day to commemorate the armenian genocide was on 24th april. The armenian genocide was the systematic killing and deportation of armenians by the turks of the ottoman empire. It raises important questions about our own responsibilities as individuals. Important new scholarship has established that depriving armenians of their homes. A documentary by andrew goldberg supplemental teaching guide by the genocide education project 1 introduction the armenian genocide 19151923 was the first modern genocide of the twentieth century. For nearly a century, the armenian lobby has attempted to portray these actions as a willful, deliberate attempt to commit genocide of the armenian people a. Despite the fact that the armenian genocide was widely recognized and reported on when it was occurring, it slowly began to fade from the memories of those outside of armenian circles in the years following world war i. The armenian genocide also known as the armenian holocaust was the systematic mass murder and expulsion of 1. The 11 facts you want are below, and the sources for the facts are at the very bottom of the page. It was largely an agricultural society, the sultans reign was far from absolute and in some remote regions local. Economiclegal perspectives on the armenian genocide. A unique feature of the armenian genocide has been the longstanding efforts of successive turkish governments to deny its.
Click download or read online button to the history of the armenian genocide book pdf for free now. To download a pdf of this guide free of charge, please visit. The history of the armenian genocide download the history of the armenian genocide ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. It is a history that is as relevant today as it was in the 1940s. They completely removed from the historic west armenia and asian minor. The genocide against the armenians 19151923 and the. Download pdf the history of the armenian genocide free. The perpetrator of this crime against humanity was the ottoman government. 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. Historian roger smith describes this as a process 1article 230 of the treaty. The story of the armenian genocide and its legacies is told in facing historys newest resource book, crimes against humanity and civilization. In 1915, during world war i, leaders of the turkish government set in motion a. The population of the armenians was rapidly declined by 1923.
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