History records that the world stood by. although It knew. Our Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Henry Morgenthan. telegraphed the following message to the American Secretary of State on June 16. 1915: "Deportation of and excesses against peaceful Armenians is increasing and from harrowing reports of eyewitnesses It appears that a campaign of rvi extermination is In progress under the pretext of reprisal against rebellion." Not only did the world stand by while atrocities took place. but it also refused to learn the awful lessons that were taught during this period. One leader who did acknowledge the Armenian genocide was Winston Churchill. who wrote the following in 1929: In 1915. the Turkish Government began and carried out the infamous general massacre and deportation of Armenians in Asia Minor ... the clearance of the race from Asia Minor was about as complete as such an act. on a scale so groat. could be. There is no reasonable doubt that this crime was planned and executed for political reaons. But. for the most part. nations did not learn from history.
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