My first remarkable fact is the resistance Jews showed against the Nazis. The story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising was something I 've never learned about before, I always thought “why didn 't the Jews fight back?” when in reality they did. The Jewish Fighting Organization was very inspiring to learn about. To fight against something so disgusting and inhuman was so brave for those last 700 Jewish teenagers. They didn 't let the daunting numbers of the Nazis scare them away nor did they let the lack of training and weapons keep them from fighting. Those 700 untrained Jewish teenagers armed with only pistols and gasoline bombs were up against 2000 heavily armed German soldiers and even with the knowledge that it couldn 't possibly end well they
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Unlike the holocaust Ive never really learned or heard about the Armenian Genocide. It was very interesting to learn about something that is rarely talked about. When the Ottoman Empire allied itself with Germany in WWI, the Young Turks saw an opportunity to rid the empire of its Armenian population. Between 1914 and 1915, Turkish officials began the process of getting rid of Armenians. They began in the village of Zeytun, by ransacking houses, arresting community leaders, and accusing the locals of planning to revolt. They then ordered all Armenians to leave, within weeks the Armenian community in Zeytun had been eradicated. These horrible events in Zeytun would soon be repeated across all Armenian communities. Thousands of Armenian notables were imprisoned, executed, or deported. After the men were disarmed and massacred the women and children were also killed, sold into slavery, forcibly converted to Islam, or raped. Tens of thousands of Armenian families were forced from their homes and put in concentration camps across the Syrian desert. Turkish forces didn 't stop at eradicating the Armenian people they also destroyed their churches, schools, villages, and towns. Once thriving communities now left empty and desolate. Few Armenians survived by either being lucky enough to escape across the border or hiding in other cities. The Armenians that survived the genocide gathered in refugee camps throughout the middle east. Thousands of victims desperately clung to life, denied any chance of returning to their homes, and relying on foreign aid. Many survivors joined Armenian communities outside the region or emigrated to other parts of the world. America became a beacon of hope for many Armenians and thousands emigrated in search of safety. Despite promises little was done to punish the perpetrators who participated in this genocide. The Turkish republic also denies this genocide even happened. The Armenian genocide
Unlike the holocaust Ive never really learned or heard about the Armenian Genocide. It was very interesting to learn about something that is rarely talked about. When the Ottoman Empire allied itself with Germany in WWI, the Young Turks saw an opportunity to rid the empire of its Armenian population. Between 1914 and 1915, Turkish officials began the process of getting rid of Armenians. They began in the village of Zeytun, by ransacking houses, arresting community leaders, and accusing the locals of planning to revolt. They then ordered all Armenians to leave, within weeks the Armenian community in Zeytun had been eradicated. These horrible events in Zeytun would soon be repeated across all Armenian communities. Thousands of Armenian notables were imprisoned, executed, or deported. After the men were disarmed and massacred the women and children were also killed, sold into slavery, forcibly converted to Islam, or raped. Tens of thousands of Armenian families were forced from their homes and put in concentration camps across the Syrian desert. Turkish forces didn 't stop at eradicating the Armenian people they also destroyed their churches, schools, villages, and towns. Once thriving communities now left empty and desolate. Few Armenians survived by either being lucky enough to escape across the border or hiding in other cities. The Armenians that survived the genocide gathered in refugee camps throughout the middle east. Thousands of victims desperately clung to life, denied any chance of returning to their homes, and relying on foreign aid. Many survivors joined Armenian communities outside the region or emigrated to other parts of the world. America became a beacon of hope for many Armenians and thousands emigrated in search of safety. Despite promises little was done to punish the perpetrators who participated in this genocide. The Turkish republic also denies this genocide even happened. The Armenian genocide