The entire population was uprooted from their ancestral homeland in what is now the eastern region of Turkey. The ablebodied men were murdered. and the remaining women. children. and elderly were forced to leave their belongings and march to the remote deserts of DerelZor. Along the way. these helpless people were subjected to torture. rape. and slaughter by roving bands of Ottoman soldiers. Any survivors of these brutalities died from exhaustion. starvation. and disease. Beyond the brutal deportations and heinous murders. the Ottoman Government attempted to obliterate all traces of the 3.000yearold Armenian civilization. Libraries. churches. and schools were destroyed. Books. paintings. and irreplaceable historical treasures were burned.
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