In the latter half of the 19th century the Ottoman Turkish Government began a policy of persecution against its Armenian population. This persecution was brutal and ferocious. It resulted in many deaths of Armenians in 1894 through 1896. and in 1909. The pattern of persecution and destruction culminated in the great massacre of 1915 through 1923. At least 1.5 million Armenian men. women. and children perished in this holocaust. Those who survived became homeless refugees. whose descendants. with their painful memories. can be found in many countries today. This terrible fact of history has been documented by eyewitnesses and media accounts. including those of then United States Ambassador to Ottoman Turkey Henry A. Morgenthau.
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