Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire at the time of the genocide. wrote to the U.S. Government detailing the atrocities taking place against the Armenians. Morganthau wrote. at the time: Deportation of and excesses against peaceful Armenians is increasing and from harrowing reports of eyewitnesses it appears that a compaign of race extermination is in progress under a pretext of reprisal against rebellion. Winston Churchill. a Member of Parliament at the time chronicled his eyewitness account and wrote: In 1915 the Turkish Government began the infamous deportation of Armenians to Asia Minor. Three or four hundred thousand men. women. and children escaped into Russian territory. but the clearance of the race from Asia Minor was about as complete as such an act. on a scale so great. could be. April 24. 1915. marked the day the genocide against the Armenian people. culture. and homeland began.
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