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REMEMBERING THE ARMENIANS
Patheos
March 2 2015
March 2, 2015 by Fr. Dwight Longenecker
As the wolves of ISIS have captured whole villages of Christians we
should remember the horrors of the Armenian genocide which took place
in the same part of the world with the same culprits.
ZENIT reports on the work of German historian Michael Hesemann who
has discovered a cache of documents concerning the Armenian genocide
which took place a hundred years ago this April.
The genocide was carried out during and after World War I and
implemented in two phases: the wholesale killing of the able-bodied
male population through massacre and subjection of army conscripts
to forced labour, followed by the deportation of women, children,
the elderly and infirm on death marches leading to the Syrian desert.
Driven forward by military escorts, the deportees were deprived
of food and water and subjected to periodic robbery, rape,
and massacre.[10][11][12] Other indigenous and Christian ethnic
groups such as the Assyrians and the Ottoman Greeks were similarly
targetedfor extermination by the Ottoman government, and their
treatment is considered by many historians to be part of the same
genocidal policy. (from Wikipedia)
In this article Hesemann reports on the links between the Armenian
genocide and the Nazi extermination of Poles and Jews. Germany was a
close ally of Turkey and when Hitler planned his invasion of Poland
and subsequent slaughter of Poles and genocide of Jews he was heard
to say, "Who remembers the Armenians?"
The fact that the Turkish government still denies the holocaust is
shocking. Houseman says,
... if you read a book by the department of Tourism of the Republic
of Turkey "2,000 years of Turkish history"- a strange title since
Turkey has more than 5000 years of documented history - you read
the following quote: "The Ottoman government decided to immigrate
the Armenians who were involved in the uprising to a safer place,
namely Syria and Lebanon ... The immigration process was carried out
in a successful way as most of the Armenians were safely transferred
to Syria", you can only call this a cynical lie!
There is a chilling echo in the region today. The Armenians were
driven from Turkey on death marches into the Syrian desert. The Ottoman
government warned citizens of Mosul not to drink water from the river
because it was contaminated by the thousands of Armenian corpses.
Today Mosul is occupied by ISIS-who are repeating the crimes done a
hundred years ago and would, not doubt slaughter as many Christians
as possible if they could find them.
For the most part the world has remained ignorant and silent about
the Armenian holocaust.
As we come to the centenary of the world's worst persecution of
Christians we need to remember what happened and point out that it
is about to happen again.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2015/03/remembering-the-armenians.html
Patheos
March 2 2015
March 2, 2015 by Fr. Dwight Longenecker
As the wolves of ISIS have captured whole villages of Christians we
should remember the horrors of the Armenian genocide which took place
in the same part of the world with the same culprits.
ZENIT reports on the work of German historian Michael Hesemann who
has discovered a cache of documents concerning the Armenian genocide
which took place a hundred years ago this April.
The genocide was carried out during and after World War I and
implemented in two phases: the wholesale killing of the able-bodied
male population through massacre and subjection of army conscripts
to forced labour, followed by the deportation of women, children,
the elderly and infirm on death marches leading to the Syrian desert.
Driven forward by military escorts, the deportees were deprived
of food and water and subjected to periodic robbery, rape,
and massacre.[10][11][12] Other indigenous and Christian ethnic
groups such as the Assyrians and the Ottoman Greeks were similarly
targetedfor extermination by the Ottoman government, and their
treatment is considered by many historians to be part of the same
genocidal policy. (from Wikipedia)
In this article Hesemann reports on the links between the Armenian
genocide and the Nazi extermination of Poles and Jews. Germany was a
close ally of Turkey and when Hitler planned his invasion of Poland
and subsequent slaughter of Poles and genocide of Jews he was heard
to say, "Who remembers the Armenians?"
The fact that the Turkish government still denies the holocaust is
shocking. Houseman says,
... if you read a book by the department of Tourism of the Republic
of Turkey "2,000 years of Turkish history"- a strange title since
Turkey has more than 5000 years of documented history - you read
the following quote: "The Ottoman government decided to immigrate
the Armenians who were involved in the uprising to a safer place,
namely Syria and Lebanon ... The immigration process was carried out
in a successful way as most of the Armenians were safely transferred
to Syria", you can only call this a cynical lie!
There is a chilling echo in the region today. The Armenians were
driven from Turkey on death marches into the Syrian desert. The Ottoman
government warned citizens of Mosul not to drink water from the river
because it was contaminated by the thousands of Armenian corpses.
Today Mosul is occupied by ISIS-who are repeating the crimes done a
hundred years ago and would, not doubt slaughter as many Christians
as possible if they could find them.
For the most part the world has remained ignorant and silent about
the Armenian holocaust.
As we come to the centenary of the world's worst persecution of
Christians we need to remember what happened and point out that it
is about to happen again.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2015/03/remembering-the-armenians.html