ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

CLASSIFICATION

• This was called the Armenian Genocide
• It was around the time of 1915-1920
• The main leader was Ismail Enver

SYMBOLIZATION

• Turks vs. Armenians
• The Turks persecuted the Armenians
• The Armenians were forced to wear a different color of clothing then everyone else
• The Armenians were 2nd class citizens and called infidels or unbelievers

DEHUMANIZATION

• The Turks started to deny that the Armenians were human
• They began to cruelly mistreat the Armenians
• Civil laws began and restricted the Armenians

ORGANIZATION

• The Turks began to organize into groups.
• At first the groups were to persecute and then they began to kill
• Some groups were "The Butcher Battalion", and the "Young Turk Party"
• Mass militias were also deployed to the country

POLARIZATION

• The Turks published and sent out propoganda
• They claimed that the Armenians worked with their enemy (Russia)
• The Turks forbid the intermarriage of the two races
• The second class division got worse

IDENTIFICATION

• Victims were identified and segregated from other people.
• Their properties were taken and burned.
• Deportation of the Armenians began and massacres became evident.

EXTERMINATION

• The people were marched across the desert without food or water.
• Anyone who stopped would be shot on the spot.
• 5,000 were butchered in the streets and left to decompose.
• Armenians in the army were disarmed and placed in factories.
• The people were forced to work as pack animals and worked to death.

DENIAL

• The worlds greatest powers reacted half heartedly
• March 2010, U.S congressional panel voted to recognize it
• Turkish gov. today denys that the genocide took place.

SOURCES

• http://www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide
• http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/armenians.htm
• http://www.armenian-genocide.org/enver.html

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