The Armenian Genocide: Degrading Societies

Throughout the history of genocides, it has become clear whether the genocide actually occurred within these many degrading societies. However, the massacre of the Armenians has often been questioned as to whether or not the genocide actually occurred. It is because of the survivors stories that todays’ society knows the truth about the Armenian genocide that took place from 1915 until 1923. During the time of WWI, not only were many of the countries fighting for their rights within society, but the Armenians were also fighting during this time for their own rights as human beings against the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. The Armenians were an ancient people that lived within Asia Minor of the Ottoman Empire and had established Christianity …show more content…
That country was Germany. The ultimate goal of the Turks and Germans became that in order for the Armenians to not revolt against their ideologies, they must annihilate all Armenians and their homeland from the world. The only way that the genocide succeeded was because of a three-part plan devised by the Turks and Germans against the Armenians. The plan consisted of deportation, execution, and starvation” (119). This three part plan ultimately caused the majority of the deaths of the Armenian people. The first part of the plan was deportation. The Turks and Germans ordered the deportation of Armenian people from their homeland to the Syrian desert. They were pulled out of their homes, and made to march for many weeks over the many dead Armenian bodies until they eventually reached the Syrian desert. “Tens of thousands died from the scorching heat of the summer days and the cold of the night in the open” …show more content…
This is the where the second and third part of the plan came to order. At Deir el-Zoir, many faced starvation and the only way that some survived was to eat the flesh off of the other dead Armenians. It was here at Deir el-Zoir that: “Every cruelty was inflicted on the remnants of the Armenian people …children were smashed against rocks, women torn apart with swords, men were mutilated, others thrown into flames” (120). Many also died from the typhoid fever that they faced along with the starvation and executions. It was here that many of the Armenians would never again see their family members nor would they live to see their day of redemption. They only way that many of the Armenians survived was to hide within the caves at Deir el-Zior in order to not be caught by the soldiers whom sought out to rid all Armenians they could possibly cease. This turmoil continued for eight years until it finally came to an end which resulted in the deaths of many Armenians and their homeland ultimately

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