Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide occurred from 1915 - 1917 and has been acknowledged to be the first true Genocide. This Genocide happened when over a million Armenians were deported and massacred by the government of young Turks. Over twenty one countries have accepted this as a genocide but the Turkish government refuses to accept that the characterization of the events as genocide. Western sources sometimes point that the sheer scale of the death toll is evidence enough that the Armenian Genocide was a systematic, organized plan to eliminate the Armenians. This genocide is the second most studied.

In May of 1915 it was requested that the Government's cabinet pass a law which would legalize the deportation of Armenians living both near the Russian front or interior. The committee passed a temporary law of deportation giving the Ottoman government and military permission to deport anyone it sensed was a threat to national security. Several months later it became the law that all property including land, livestock and homes belonging to any Armenian was to be confiscated.

It is very hard to understand how some people can feel such hatred against other people that they feel that murder is the only answer. Hopefully I will never fully understand these feelings.