President. each year on April 24 many of us in Congress pause to remember the tragedy of the Armenian Genocide. On that date in 1915. more than 200 Armenian religious. political and intellectual leaders were arrested in Constantinoplenow Istanbuland killed. marking the beginning of an organized campaign to eliminate the Armenian presence from the Ottoman Empire. This brutal campaign would result in the massacre of a million and a half Armenian men. women and children. Thousands of Armenians were subjected to torture. deportation. slavery and murder. More than 500.000 were removed from their homes and sent on forced death marches through the deserts of Syria. This dark time is among the saddest chapters in the history of man.
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