Transcript Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide
Perpetrators
 When: 1915 - 1923
 Who: The Young Turkish Government
(Nationalism)
Ismail Enver Pasha
(1881-1922)
Member of the Young
Turk Triumverate
Genocide Organizer
Mehmed Talaat Pasha
(1847-1921)
Leader of the Party of
“Ittihat ve Terakki”
Genocide Organizer
Jemal Pasha
(1872-1922)
Member of the Young
Turk Triumverate
Genocide Organizer
Doctor Nazim
(1872-1926)
Executive
Committee of Three
Victims
 Dead: 800,000 to 1.5 million (approx. half of the Armenian
population in the Ottoman Empire)
 Causes: Execution, death marches, torture, famine, epidemic diseases
 Targets: Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire
 Refugees: ~500,000
Armenian children returnees to Adana, 1918. In 1920
many of them will be killed and twice deported.
Armenian woman kneeling beside dead child in field “within
sight of help and safety at Aleppo.”
Refugees
 How many?: ~500,000 refugees
 Where did they go?: Refugees resettled mostly in the Russian Empire,
the Middle East and North America.
 Since 1975, Los Angeles has had the largest Armenian community outside of
Armenia, with more than 280,000 Armenians in the area.
 How were they treated?:They were mostly ignored and left to their
own devices because of World War I.
 Who supported them?: The U.S.-based non-profit, Near East Relief,
provided assistance to Armenian refugees through funding from the U.S.
government and private donations.
 Did they go home?: Armenia
officially became an independent state
in 1991 and actively supports
repatriation through its Department
of Repatriations and Investigations.
Armenian refugee children in 1915 awaiting aid.
Death March Routes
Summary of Genocide - Timeline
1915: First violent acts
committed towards Armenians
under the guise of WWI.
1909: Ottoman
Empire is overthrown
in the Young Turk
Revolution.
1900
1914
Sept. 5, 1915:The
government orders all
Armenian orphans to
be given Turkish
names.
April 24, 1915: Selected
Armenian elite arrested,
deported and killed,
followed by ongoing
massacres and deportations
across villages within
Turkish territory.
Oct. 5, 1915:The
Turkish government
confiscates the
Armenian lands by a
provisional law.
1914-1918:World War I
Feb. 1919: A court
martial to address 1922: Lausanne
war crimes is
Conference
convened in
convenes.
Constantinople.
1918
1923
Jan. 19, 1920: The Allies
formally recognize the
independence of Armenia.
Countries that Recognize the
Armenian Genocide
1. Argentina
2. Belgium
3. Canada
4. Chile
5. Cyprus
6. France
7. Germany
8. Greece
9. Italy
10. Lebanon
11. Lithuania
12. Netherlands
Armenians burnt alive in Sheykhalan by Turkish soldiers, 1915
13. Poland
19. Uruguay
14. Russia
20. Vatican City
15. Slovakia
21. Venezuela
16. Sweden
17. Switzerland
18. United States (certain states only)
Armenian refugees at the pyramid made from the skulls of
Armenian martyrs
Resources
 The History Channel – Armenian Genocide:
http://www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide
 The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute: http://www.genocidemuseum.am/eng/index.php
 Armenian National Institute: http://www.armenian-genocide.org
 Museum of Tolerance – Armenian Genocide:
http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.5163019/k.A02E/Armenian_Ge
nocide.htm
 United States Census Bureau: http://ia601605.us.archive.org/13/items/LosAngeleslongBeach-santaanaCaMetroAreaAncestry2000/117073949-Aff-Reports.pdf
 Near East Foundation: http://www.neareast.org/
 Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia:
http://www.mindiaspora.am/en/About_us
 Migration Policy Centre:
http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/docs/migration_profiles/Armenia.pdf