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GERMANY COULD HAVE AVERTED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - HISTORIAN
14:18 ~U 23.04.13
A study of historical records reveals that Germany could have easily
prevented the Armenian Genocide in the World War I period, an Armenian
historian said Tuesday, addressing the 20 century's first brutal
atrocity against the mankind.
"It is unquestionable that Germany could have averted the Armenian
Genocide. So why didn't it? Because its only purpose in the war was
to hold a victory, whatever the cost," an expert studying Germany's
genocide archives, told a news conference entitled, "The Armenian
Genocide in the Context of the German-Turkish Alliance".
The expert noted that Germany was Turkey's only ally in the war
period, being the only world country to have a diplomatic presence
in the Ottoman Empire.
"The diplomatic records made public over the recent period helped
find an answer to several questions about the Genocide," he said,
adding that the study focused particularly on the country's role
during the tragedy.
Hayruni further spoke of documentary evidence which he said cannot
give Germany any grounds to present justifications officially.
He called attention to two basic factors proving Germany's ability
to prevent the crime.
"Armenians in Smyrna and Constantinople [Istanbul] did not face
displacement. And nor did the Baghdad-Armenian settlers of Mosul,"
he said, adding that the displacement did not take place thanks to
a ban by a high-ranking German official. "A German official imposed
a ban at his own will, without asking for Berlin's [permission],
It was unprecedented in the Armenian Genocide history."
The historian added that the Mosul population wasn't displaced after
Fonder Golds, a high ranking German military official, disobeyed the
Ottoman military officer, Enver Pasha. Though he later resigned from
office, Enver backed away from his order once and for all.
The historian said that the Germans prevented the displacement on
strategic considerations, as the depopulation of Armenians was not
in their own interests.
"Two servicemen managed to do that without a superior's instruction;
so imagine what things the German state could have done at all!" said
he, adding that the Turkish military officer backed away from his plan,
knowing that Germany could hold it back at any moment.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/04/23/ashot-hayrouni/
14:18 ~U 23.04.13
A study of historical records reveals that Germany could have easily
prevented the Armenian Genocide in the World War I period, an Armenian
historian said Tuesday, addressing the 20 century's first brutal
atrocity against the mankind.
"It is unquestionable that Germany could have averted the Armenian
Genocide. So why didn't it? Because its only purpose in the war was
to hold a victory, whatever the cost," an expert studying Germany's
genocide archives, told a news conference entitled, "The Armenian
Genocide in the Context of the German-Turkish Alliance".
The expert noted that Germany was Turkey's only ally in the war
period, being the only world country to have a diplomatic presence
in the Ottoman Empire.
"The diplomatic records made public over the recent period helped
find an answer to several questions about the Genocide," he said,
adding that the study focused particularly on the country's role
during the tragedy.
Hayruni further spoke of documentary evidence which he said cannot
give Germany any grounds to present justifications officially.
He called attention to two basic factors proving Germany's ability
to prevent the crime.
"Armenians in Smyrna and Constantinople [Istanbul] did not face
displacement. And nor did the Baghdad-Armenian settlers of Mosul,"
he said, adding that the displacement did not take place thanks to
a ban by a high-ranking German official. "A German official imposed
a ban at his own will, without asking for Berlin's [permission],
It was unprecedented in the Armenian Genocide history."
The historian added that the Mosul population wasn't displaced after
Fonder Golds, a high ranking German military official, disobeyed the
Ottoman military officer, Enver Pasha. Though he later resigned from
office, Enver backed away from his order once and for all.
The historian said that the Germans prevented the displacement on
strategic considerations, as the depopulation of Armenians was not
in their own interests.
"Two servicemen managed to do that without a superior's instruction;
so imagine what things the German state could have done at all!" said
he, adding that the Turkish military officer backed away from his plan,
knowing that Germany could hold it back at any moment.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/04/23/ashot-hayrouni/