French magazine "l'Histoire" presents interactive map of Armenian genocide
04.02.2015,
20:04
The French magazine "l'Histoire" has presented an interactive map of the Armenian Genocide. It is titled "The Armenian Genocide: deportation and massacre."
The map gives complete information about deportation and massacre points, directions of resettlement, major pockets of resistance, as well as a number of geographical and historical data.
The map gives complete information about deportation and massacre points, directions of resettlement, major pockets of resistance, as well as a number of geographical and historical data.
YEREVAN, February 4. / ARKA /. The French magazine "l'Histoire" has presented an interactive map of the Armenian Genocide. It is titled "The Armenian Genocide: deportation and massacre."
The map gives complete information about deportation and massacre points, directions of resettlement, major pockets of resistance, as well as a number of geographical and historical data.
"After the defeat in Sarikamysh, the government of the Young Turks decided to attack the Armenians and, first of all, the population of the eastern provinces, i.e. part of historic Armenia that had the bulk of ethnic Armenian population.
In those six villayets (provinces) all the men were killed, and women, children and elderly were deported hundreds of miles from home to distant deserts of Mesopotamia. Few reached the goal, and those who made it to the resettlement camps of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East were subsequently executed,” says the magazine.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century. According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries. The first was Uruguay that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 42 U.S. states.
It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. -0-