Armenian Genocide

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Many people when they hear the word genocide they think of the Holocaust because of how massive it was but there are many more genocides that the people should be aware about. One in particular is the Armenian genocide it is not as commonly heard about as the Holocaust because not as many people were massacred. It is also not commonly talked about because it is illegal for the Turkish people to discuss this topic. I will be stating how and why this genocide started what happened during and how it ended.

The Armenian genocide started on April 24, 1915 that is when Ottoman authorities grabbed and arrested about 250 Armenian community leaders in Constantinople. They were doing this because they had just lost in World War 1 and they blamed the Armenians for their defeat and accused them, stating that they were working for the Russians. It started off little with them paying more taxes and not having as much rights. Then they secretly started sending the Armenian soldiers to death camps resulting in about 200,000 deaths. The men would just get shot and killed on site. Then after that were saying that they will know be relocating them and made the Armenian people march under the blazing sun through the desert to their work camps. These long marches were known as death marches because many times they would die. Sometimes they were forced to walk naked and unprotected from the sun’s rays and they would just drop dead from starvation and dehydration. If they did stop to take a break and relax they would get shot and killed. If they survived this horrid march then they were sent to concentration camps. There they worked until death and many times were ruthlessly beaten to death by unmerciful guards. Many times they did not take the Armeni...

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