Why Did People Survive The Armenian Genocide?

What happened during the Armenian genocide still today affects those who survived that horrific experience and even the family members of those victims who didn’t make it through and of those who did survive the genocide. The reason for the genocide was that the Ottomans believed that the Armenians were a problem in Turkey ands they needed to get rid of them in order to save Turkey and also because they were non-Muslim and believed them to be second-level and this is what led to the mass murder for those millions of Armenians. One of the many reasons the Ottomans wanted to get rid of the Armenians was because they believed that the only way to save the Turkish state was to minimize the Christian population, which were the Armenians. Also, because they felt that these non-Muslim Armenians created the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the internal demographic and economic pressures. Also, they believed that those who were non-Muslim were second-level meaning below them and felt as if they weren’t any good because their beliefs were different from theirs. Because of this they decide that they would create their own purpose, which was to deport, execute and starve the Armenians, and most important part of the Ottomans plan …show more content…
The Ottomans intentions were for the Armenians to have the minimal possibility of survival during their journey to the Syrian Desert. They were purposely exposed to situations where they were being robbed for their belongings. Where they had to watch their family and friends be held at ransom and watch them be stripped naked for their clothes. Most of the women and they young children were being detained. They had to travel thousands of miles without any food or drinks and along the route to the desert the Ottoman’s purposely had placed killing units with swords and bayonets ready to slaughter the Armenians no matter their age or