Henry morgenthau sr biography of christopher

  • He was born in Mannheim in 1856, the ninth of eleven children, the son of a German Jewish cigar merchant.
  • Henry Morgenthau, who was then the US Ambassador to Constantinople has tried to stop the barbaric mass killings of Armenians what later was called the first.
  • Henry Morgenthau was the United States ambassador in Constantinople at the time of the Genocide.

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    Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian genocide

    Person

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    Quotes, testimonies

    Main perpetrator of the genocide

    Ottoman Minister of the Interior, 1913–18

    Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, 1917–18
    Interviewed by Berliner Tageblatt in May 1915, Talat stated: "We have been blamed for not making a distinction between guilty and innocent Armenians. [To do so] was impossible. Because of the nature of things, one who was still innocent today could be guilty tomorrow. The concern for the safety of Turkey simply had to silence all other concerns. Our actions were determined by national and historical necessity."[22]

    Talat told German ambassador Johann von Bernstorff "What on earth do you want? The question is settled, there are no more Armenians."

    "It is no use for you to argue . . . we have already disposed of three quarters of the Armenians; there are none at all left in Bitlis, Van, and Erzeroum. The hatred between the Turks and the Armenians is now so intense that we have got to finish with them. If we don't, they will plan their revenge."[24]

    On 3 August 1915, Talat met with US ambassador Morgenthau and told him "that our Armenian policy is absolutely fixed and that nothing can change it. We will not have the Armenians

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    Armenian Genocide Verification Clip Array

    Eric Bogosian territory the confirmation of Mihran Andonian

    Marc Mamigonian on rendering testimony produce Harotune Aivazian

    Constellation Sanjian publication the verification of Wolfdieter Bihl

    Richard Hovannisian on description testimony addict Levon Giridlian

    To viewpoint the undivided Armenian Killing Testimony Garnering, log jerk the  Visible History Repository Online examination explore depiction full-length observer testimonies.

    Vartkes Yeghiayan on Chemist Morgenthau III

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    ANI CONFERENCE ACCLAIMS HENRY MORGENTHAU, SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON HIS CONTRIBUTION

    American and Armenian Scholars Participate

    April 26, 1999

    Yerevan, Armenia - The grandson and namesake of US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Henry Morgenthau, along with ambassadors from the United States, Germany and Syria, senior government officials and scholars plus an American delegation Saturday (April 24) participated in an international conference reviewing the former ambassador’s role in alerting the world to the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

    Co-sponsored by the Washington-based Armenian National Institute (ANI) and Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences, the conference opened with a call by the current US Ambassador, Michael Lemmon, to use the lessons of the past to "guide us toward a more humane and secure future."

    Prominent Armenian and American scholars presenting papers on Ambassador Morgenthau’s role and its impact were: Rouben Adalian, ANI Director; Gevorg Gharibjanian, Director, Center for Scientific Information, NAS; Richard Hovannisian, ANI Academic Council Chairman and University of California, Los Angeles, professor; Mher Karapetian, Abovian Pedagogical Institute professor; Hrant Avetisian, Director of the Institute of History, NAS; Christopher Simpson, A