Germany’s century-long struggle with the Armenian genocide

The Armenian genocide and the German dimension of it should make us rethink our perception of humanity – what does it mean that people knew of genocide and mass atrocities in progress? And did so already in the years before the Holocaust?

SUPPORTERS WAVE Armenian and German flags earlier this month in front of the Reichstag, as they protest in favor of the resolution that declares the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a ‘genocide

(photo credit: HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/REUTERS)

BySTEFAN IHRIG

JUNE 13, 2016 20:39

Germany’s century-long struggle with the Armenian genocide

The Armenian genocide and the German dimension of it should make us rethink our perception of humanity – what does it mean that people knew of genocide and mass atrocities in progress? And did so already in the years before the Holocaust?

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Germany’s century-long struggle with the Armenian genocide

The Armenian genocide and the German dimension of it should make us rethink our perception of humanity – what does it mean that people knew of genocide and mass atrocities in progress? And did so already in the years before the Holocaust?

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