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The real legacy of the victims of the Armenian Genocide

April 24 marks the Armenian massacre and deportation from the Ottoman Empire.

MONUMENT commemorating the Armenian genocide
Photo by: Reuters
On April 24th, the Armenians in particular and the world at large commemorate the systematic massacre and deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.  The date is somewhat arbitrary, coinciding with an order given on April 24th, 1915, by the Ottoman authorities to arrest some 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, which by and large, opened the gates of hell.

To be sure, the forced death marches and brutal mass murders resulted in the death of 1,500,000 Armenians.

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