Forensics: Victims Of Genocide

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In this day in time, when the general populace hears or reads about forensics (specifically forensic anthropology), they most likely hear/see how it has played a role in identifying a victim of some heinous crime, or how it leads to the capture of a criminal during a high profile criminal investigation. This exposure is mostly due to popular television shows, and/or media coverage. What is not seen, read, or talked about often in the news or television shows, is how forensics plays a role in other settings, like: war, natural disasters, and genocides. Forensics’ has aided in the recovery efforts of many natural disasters, and has also helped identify countless victims of war and genocide. Through-out this paper we will review and discuss …show more content…
Reasons for genocide are diverse and vary, however, in the particular case of the Ottoman Empire, it was driven by the hopes of reunifying an empire by intentionally destroying all minority ethnicities (particularly Armenians) with-in the empire, and leaving only one “pure” ethnic group. Over-all, this senseless and heinous approach (known as the Armenian Holocaust) to “reunify” the Ottoman Empire failed and the Ottoman Empire eventually collapsed. Nevertheless, thousands if not millions of Armenian’s were killed in the …show more content…
Ras al-Ain was notoriously known to be a major holding point used by the Ottoman government during the Armenian genocide. Additionally, there was a concentration camp also located in the town of Ras al-Ain, where thousands of Armenians were killed. Knowing this, a professor named D. Bonatz, from Freie Universitat Berlin, directed an archaeology team to excavate areas around the town, which resulted in his team unearthing several human remains. The remains that were found were believed to be part of an Armenian mass grave due to the excavation of miscellaneous items being found around the grave site, also, locals that resided in the town claimed there was a mass grave containing remains from the Armenian genocide
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