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The Armenian Genocide : Evidence From the German Foreign Office Archives, 1915-1916 by Wolfgang Gust; Germany. Auswärtiges Amt. Politisches Archiv is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In 1915, the Armenians were exiled from their land, and in the process of deportation 1.5 million of them were killed. The 1915-1916 annihilation of the Armenians was the archetype of modern genocide, in which a state adopts a specific scheme geared to the destruction of an identifiable group of its own citizens. Official German diplomatic documents are of great importance in understanding the genocide, as only Germany had the right to report day-by-day in secret code about the ongoing genocide. The motives, methods, and after-effects of the Armenian Genocide echoed strongly in subsequent cases of state-sponsored genocide. Studying the factors that went into the Armenian Genocide not only gives us an understanding of historical genocide, but also provides us with crucial information for the anticipation and possible prevention of future genocides. Review “...this massive volume contains the only English-language translation of 240 primary documents found in German Foreign Office files. A very extensive overview section provides superb historical background, especially concerning the German involvement. A much earlier compilation of German-language documents was compiled by German t

Who reads The Armenian Genocide : Evidence From the German Foreign Office Archives, 1915-1916?

Author

Wolfgang Gust; Germany. Auswärtiges Amt. Politisches Archiv

Publisher

Berghahn Books, Incorporated

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782381433

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, True Crime, Social Science