All these tragic events had become part of their national history. But their real national tragedy. one that practically wiped out all traces of Armenian communities in the Ottoman Empire. began on the fateful April 24. 1915. On that day. and during the night of April 23. all prominent Armenians in Constantinople and in other towns. persons active and well known in all phases of communal activity. were arrested and imprisoned. held incomunicado and then under their guardexecutioners deported to various parts of the country. Their unenviable lot was sad enough to plunge the whole Armenian community. of the country into national mourning. but the lot that was in store for some 2 million Armenians in Turkey was no different. In the course of the next 6 months all of them were uprooted from their native homes.
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