In a famous massacre, thousands of young girls were tortured by the enemy, and even many living people were used as experimental objects, how tragic this massacre was, this is one of the three major genocides in the world, today's video we will talk about what this massacre is like?
A hundred years ago, Armenia was still part of the Ottoman Empire and the other part of the Russian Empire, but the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire had always been at odds, and the ottoman Empire's initial religious policy was relatively moderate.
As Christians, Armenians enjoy limited freedoms, such as the right to practice the old religion, but in practice they are still second-class citizens.
At the end of the 19th century, greece and several Balkan countries, with the support of continental European powers, rebelled against Ottoman rule. Armenia did not seek independence, but still demanded better treatment from the Ottoman government.
The cause of the massacre
At first, the Ottoman authorities, while promising to listen, did not do a good job. The Armenians' resistance to tyranny became fierce, once again attracting the attention of the great powers.
At this time the Armenians received some benefits, but under the oppression of the great powers, many policies were not implemented, and although the Armenians received benefits, this was only part of it.
It was for this reason that Armenia did not join forces with Greece in its quest for independence, but became loyal subjects of the Ottoman Empire, but gradually the upper classes of Armenia discovered.
What they got was far less than the Christians of the Empire, and as they went on, the contradictions in their hearts grew deeper and deeper over the years. So a group of Armenian intellectuals began to carry out reforms, wanting to establish a constitutional monarchy like Turkey.
The Armenian sense of independence was inspired by the successful revolutionary movement of the Balkan Christians in the 19th century and the penetration of foreign politics and economy through the Tanzimat reforms.
Armenians, who lived mainly in Eastern Anatolia of the Ottoman Empire, were supported and encouraged by Western Christianity. But how could the Ottoman Empire allow the Armenians to become independent on their own, and might threaten themselves later.
This was certainly not possible, and then the Turkish army began to sabotage the Armenians, and gradually the Armenians found that it would not work with him, and that the Tsarist Empire was what they should rely on.
Later, the Armenians and the Russian Empire got closer and closer, causing dissatisfaction among the Turks in the Ottoman Empire, after which the Armenians petitioned for modernization reforms.
The incident was known to the Ottoman government as a deliberate disturbance, and later they sought independence, and the Armenian elite established political parties such as the Dashnaks and the Haqqaks.
Committed to achieving independence through armed struggle. But they were weak and could only carry out bombings, assassinations, and small riots, prompting the Ottoman army to suppress them.
The process of the killing of Armenians
After the conflict grew, Istanbul retaliated against the Armenians, and the other countries of the Ottoman Empire also massacred the Armenians.
But Turkey has never acknowledged its own massacre, so there will be uncertainty in the subsequent counting of the number of massacres, and later, in the historical records, the number of dead people at that time was between 100,000 and 200,000, but this was only this massacre.
Later sources show that it was only a small part of the genocidal plan, and later, with the outbreak of World War I, the contradictions between the Ottoman Empire and the Armenians completely intensified.
The Ottomans, as allies of Germany, after a defeat in a battle, pointed the finger at the Armenians, falsely claiming that the war had failed because of the Armenians, that they had colluded with the enemy for selfish purposes, that they had betrayed the battle and that the battle had failed.
After that, the Turks in the Ottoman Empire made an evil decision to solve the problems of the Armenians in their entirety, and of course, this evil plan was to eliminate them all.
So their plan began, but it was not told to their superiors, and in 1915, Turkey launched a secret killing operation.
Moreover, the Turks created some small incidents for the sake of their own plans, and on April 19, 1915, the Turks demanded from the Armenians on the grounds of conscription.
But the Armenians were very clever, they thought that there was deception in it, and they certainly could not keep the agreement, so a Turkish governor used this as an excuse to surround the Armenians.
The next day, turkey robbed armenians of things, and also publicly molested Armenian girls, and even killed and crucified the people, which greatly moved the Armenians.
At this time, the conflict between the two sides has widened, and has this not aggravated the war? Then the Turkish massacre of the Armenians began, and there was no evil done to the people here.
The women and children here were all arrested by them, burned and looted, and even killed the relatives of the people, and they were devastated.
Later, when Turkey's interests clashed with those of Russia, Armenia's position as an intermediary became awkward.
On top of that, Turkey has consistently said that Armenia leaks secrets. To the surprise of the Armenians, Turkey used it to launch a massacre against Armenia.
In the three years from 1914 to 1917, more than 1.5 million Armenians were killed. Even more astonishing is the fact that Turkey has consciously or unconsciously provoked the anger of the Armenians and led them into the traps they have set.
Means of the Turks
Soon after this incident, Turkey arrested Armenian intellectuals and some leaders, and the more than 200 people were killed by Turkey, saying that there were not many.
And they not only killed people, but also destroyed all the large shopping malls, schools, etc. in Armenia as long as they were important places, which made armenians feel an inexplicable anger.
In order to suppress the Armenians, they also made special regulations to suppress the Armenians. In this genocidal campaign, Turkey even created something similar to a concentration camp.
Although the destination was supposed to be an Armenian town, it was actually a "concentration camp" with few decent buildings, poor living conditions and little supplies.
The Armenians who arrived here, with the sun shining on their heads and the arid land under their feet, received temporary relief only to those who could afford to pay their official salaries. But most were looted a long time ago and penniless
But these Armenians face more than harsh natural conditions. Mass killings took place in all concentration camps, and often an Armenian village was killed en masse.
One of them, a Turkish officer who went undercover in a refugee camp, witnessed the mass burning of 5,000 Armenians.
They will also tear the clothes of young girls, crucify them for public display, and arrest some young girls to humiliate them, the scene is unbearable, in fact, the Turkish army's tactics are even more hateful.
In the refugee camps, some young Armenians were captured by the army to serve as strong men, and after that, these strong men did particularly tiring work every day, and the Turks did not just want to catch some laborers.
Their purpose is to let Zhuang Ding die in high-intensity labor, so that they will be at ease? Those who are old, weak, sick and disabled are sent to the desert by the army because they have no value and let them fend for themselves.
In this way, the Turkish army does not have to spend a lot of materials, and the Turkish army really wants to do everything in its power to make these people die.
Gradually, the army was also tired, they felt too troublesome, and when they arrived in some deserted places, the people of the army would not look at them all the time, and they would use the method of cutting off food and water.
In this way, they can achieve their goals without being guarded, but in fact, these are far from the point of brutality, and what is more cruel is torture.
The Turks brought living Armenians to the laboratory, conducted live experiments, injected morphine into their hands, and poisoned them in the laboratory.
The staff will observe their state, and finally these people will be tortured to death, these people are struggling in pain, but no one cares about them.
In the end, they didn't even let go of the children, injected them with the virus, and watched the development of the virus, these doctors were really inhumane, and the way they got along was really disgusting.
The killing of Armenians and the confiscation of their property had a huge impact on the international community. In 1915 more than 100 articles were published in the press about the massacre of Armenians.
The massacre was described as "systematic," "approved," and "government-organized." The Allies warned the Ottoman Empire: "In view of these new crimes against humanity and civilization in Turkey."
The allied government has publicly declared that all members of the Turkish government and those who participated in the massacre on their behalf will bear personal responsibility for these crimes. ”
According to Armenian records, from 1915 to 1922, 1.5 million Armenians died in the brutal genocidal program carried out by the Ottoman Empire.
Finally, we all know that the result of the First World War was the final victory of the Allies and the fiasco of Turkey as an Allied Power.
The miserable Armenians finally saw hope. They hoped that the Allies would bring the Turks to justice and that the inhumane Turkish executioners would be severely punished.
In January 1919, a report on the Holocaust charged more than 130 suspects, with senior Ottoman officials accounting for the vast majority. The military tribunal found that the Armenians had been deliberately exterminated through organized means.
However, the end result was not satisfactory, some of the fugitives fled abroad without punishment, and at the end of the story, the Armenians did not receive a formal apology.
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