Armenian Genocide
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Updated: 18 Feb 2020
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Created byAUTUMN HERLEIN
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1,500,000 Armenians have been killed; "Armanian
Question" was closed and forgotten2 million Armanians in Ottoman Empire;
massacres against them startedThe first acts of extermination began against the
ArmaniansTurkey took control over the Ottman Empire20,000-30,00 Armenians killedArmenian leadership in Constantinople
was rounded up, exiled and murdered.First Work War declared; Armenians were sent to
war for the Ottoman Empire, but were forced to
work nearly to death rather than actually fightingDetails of the horrid works done against the
Armenians was released to the U.S.Britain considered these massacres to be acts of
crimes against humanityTurkey denies the genocide; end of WW1; Turks
and punishment for crimes not mentioned in
TreatyWriter of articles about the genocide was killedTalaat had been sentenced to death in Turkey
for his crimes, but escaped to BritainNew UN Genocide Convention was createdStudy of the First World War, called the Turks’
actions “one administrative holocaust."
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