The Armenian Genocide : : Evidence from the German Foreign Office Archives, 1915-1916 / / ed. by Wolfgang Gust.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Dadrian, Vahakn N.,
• HerausgeberIn: Gust, Wolfgang,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (820 p.)

In 1915, the Armenians were exiled from their land, and in the process of deportation 1.5 million of them were killed. The 1915-1916 annihilation of the Armenians was the archetype of modern genocide, in which a state adopts a specific scheme geared to the destruction of an identifiable group of its own citizens. Official German diplomatic documents are of great importance in understanding the genocide, as only Germany had the right to report day-by-day in secret code about the ongoing genocide. The motives, methods, and after-effects of the Armenian Genocide echoed strongly in subsequent cases of state-sponsored genocide. Studying the factors that went into the Armenian Genocide not only gives us an understanding of historical genocide, but also provides us with crucial information for the anticipation and possible prevention of future genocides.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Overview of the Armenian Genocide -- Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading -- Notes on Using the Documents -- The Documents. Part 1 -- The Documents. Part 2 -- The Documents. Part 3 -- Glossary -- Index