When the word race murder is perceived the idea of the Judaic holocaust is what normally comes to mind. Hitler s war against the Judaic population was good published and placed in the eyes of about all. Yet what of the American race murder. These states had fallen into the same snake pit on Earth but no one radius of the horrors that lurked in their mundane life.
Before the race murder of 1915 more than 2 million Americans lived in Turkey today merely approximately 60,000 still remain. Historical Armenia covered an country of about 100,000 square stat mis including parts of what are now the democracies of Armenia, Azelbaijan and Georgia. Not merely were the population decimated but 1000s of Armenian churches, monasteries and memorials were besides destroyed in eastern Turkey.
Across the boundary line the Republic of Armenia, now about one ten percent of the size of historical Armenia, being land locked and isolated from natural resources its battle for its economic life.
There had been jobs between the Turks and the Armenians but a form of extinction was non yet established. As the events of 1915 unfolded most of the Armenians were incognizant of a centralised program of race murder was in procedure. But by the terminal of the decennary a mere smattering of Armenians remained. Although the Turks continued to deny that there was a systematic P
local area network to kill off the Armenians in fulfilment of a pan-Turkic political orientation the events that took topographic point contradict their actions.
Three related actions by the Young Turk authorities diminished the possibility of Armenian opposition ( Donald & A ; Lorna Tourgan Miller ) First those most capable of supporting their towns and small towns had been drafted and were functioning as loyal soldiers of the Ottoman ground forces to contend WW1. By the early portion of 1915 the Armenians were disarmed. Besides many were put into occupations to work for the war with occupations such as to construct roads, and pack war supplies. They were so ailing Federal that many dropped from hungriness and exhaustion. It shortly became apparent that the end was to work the Armenians until they did bead. With about no exclusions those who did non decease from exhaustion at work were taken in groups of 50 or one hundred and shooting. Even more horrid than that was they were forced to delve their ain Gravess so were shot and thrown in similar old shred dolls doscarded by a kid who has no usage for the lifeless doll.
A 2nd measure to procure that the Armenians opposition was reduced was the Turkish took controll of all guns owned by Armenians. The confiscated guns were so photographed and presented as evidenceof Armenian rebellion. These exposures created a political ground that legitimized the inhumane actions that were taken againts the Armenians.
