GENOCIDE

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History Test (WW1-WW2)

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Disclaimer: A lot of the names are just last names because that’s all you need to know. (The last nam

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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE (Doc 4)

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During WW1 the Ottoman Empire decided to use the conflict as a way to finally attack the Armenians (Armenian Genocide).

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This was called “The Greatest Crime of WW1” by the US President Roosevelt.

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He was president for the first decade of the 20th century (1910)

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The Ottoman Empire killed 1.5 million Armenians.

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In summary

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the land was filled with graveyards

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Dead children were left on the side of the road thinking that maybe someone would pick them up and give them a proper burial. It turns out wild dogs would just rip them apart. Teenage girls were raped and nailed onto crosses.

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Many places such as Norway

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Denmark

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The New York Times wrote 145 articles in 1915. (Spoiler alert none of the reports/articles helped).

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Morgenthau (American Ambassador who ran for US president on two accounts) wrote reports.

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Jennings Bryan (Also ran for president once) got involved to stop the genocide.

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Ottomans kept denying everything saying it “was just war” (though the Armenians weren't involved in the first place).

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Barton (nurse who founded American Red Cross) was also very vocal in wanting to stop this monstrosity).

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Ottomans (now Turkey) deny that the genocide even existed.

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This event began a bit in the late 1880s (Ottomans always had something against the Armenians) and had its peak during 1915 (a year after the war started) and some say it lasted till around 1916 to 1917.

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The Ottoman leaders who orchestrated all this were named Djemel

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Talaat and Envee.

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In 1921 after the war ended the three disappeared to lead a new life.

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Talaat ended up in Berlin where a young Armenian university student spotted and recognized him.

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The student went up to Talaat asking if it was him in which the guy said yes.

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The students name