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In a chilling speech before World War II, Adolf Hitler questioned, "Who still talks now of the extermination of the Armenians?" This statement highlighted the world’s failure to confront the genocide committed against the Armenian people by Ottoman Turkey during World War I. The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th century, leading to mass deportations and killings of over one and a half million Armenians. This project aims to explore the causes, events, and consequences of the Armenian Genocide, honoring the memory of its victims and fostering awareness of the importance of justice for all atrocities.
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Adolf Hitler, addressing his commanding officers in a speech right before invading Poland in 1939, asked "Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the Armenians?" • What lesson did the Nazi leader take from the world's failure to bring to justice those who planned and carried out the killing of the Armenians during World War I? • Hitler was referring to the genocide (genus means people; cide means killing) of the minority Armenian people ordered by Turkish leaders. Under the cover of war, the state eliminated the Christian Armenian minority through mass deportations, death marches and killings.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide in the 20th century, and unfortunately, since then many more have occurred, including the Holocaust, Rwanda and most recently Sudan. • You are about to discover what the Armenian Genocide was, when, where, and why it happened. You will leave this project being able to talk of the "extermination of the Armenians", and hopefully will honor the memory of the one and a half million Armenians who were murdered.