Armenian Genocide
The Holocaust, though the most often spoken about, is not the only instance of attempted genocide. It was also not the first. The Armenian genocide was a shockingly similar event, and resulted in approximately 1.4 million Armenian deaths from 1915 to 1923. It took place in Turkey, part of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey still denies the event to this day. Armenians were exiled, taken to internment camps, sent on death-marches, murdered, beaten, starved, and tortured, solely because of their race. When they were being taken away from their homes, they were forced to pay for their tickets on the extremely packed trains, where they were treated as cargo, and told that they would be returning. This is exactly what was done to the Jews during the Holocaust. It is surprising just how similar many images from this event look, as compared to those taken during the holocaust; from the gaunt, weak bodies of the people submitted to this treatment, to the large piles of bodies of the deceased.
History did indeed repeat itself, but on a much larger scale. |