In what historians refer to as the first of this centurys stateordered genocides against a minority group. more than 1.5 million people were murdered. We mourn the dead and express our condolences to the descendants of those who perished. We must also reflect upon the meaning and lessons of their suffering and sacrifice. As many have observed. the massacres and deportations inflicted upon the Armenian community during that period were to mark this century of horrors. Civilian populations. defined by ethnic. racial. or religious distinctiveness. have become the objects of persecution and genocide simply because of who they areArmenian Christians. European Jews.
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