ARMENIAN GENOCIDE |
Survivor of the armenian genocide |
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau was a bystander and had seen the actions of the Ottoman Empire on the Armenian people, Morgenthau had said he had seen the Armenian people dying from starvation. Henry Morgenthau was one of the most important American speaker to speak out against the Armenian Genocide. Henry Morgenthau was the US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1913-1916. In the link below it shows the experiences that Henry Morgenthau had been through and what he had seen. Henry Morgenthau tried to spread awareness of what was happening, he did this by writing news articles, Henry Morgenthau through his friendship with Adolph Ocsh who was the publisher of the New York Times. Henry Morgenthau and several others decided to fundraise money to help the Armenians. They were able to raise 100 million which equals to now days 1 billion.
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/statement_morgenthau.html
Morgenthau was a bystander and had seen the actions of the Ottoman Empire on the Armenian people, Morgenthau had said he had seen the Armenian people dying from starvation. Henry Morgenthau was one of the most important American speaker to speak out against the Armenian Genocide. Henry Morgenthau was the US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1913-1916. In the link below it shows the experiences that Henry Morgenthau had been through and what he had seen. Henry Morgenthau tried to spread awareness of what was happening, he did this by writing news articles, Henry Morgenthau through his friendship with Adolph Ocsh who was the publisher of the New York Times. Henry Morgenthau and several others decided to fundraise money to help the Armenians. They were able to raise 100 million which equals to now days 1 billion.
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/statement_morgenthau.html