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"Ararat"


rmtruby

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Has anyone heard of or seen the film "Ararat"? Apparently, it deals with the Armenian massacre of 1915.

I was also wondering what wider significance the Armenian massacre had on the course of the war?

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Ray

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It certainly had an effect on the thinking of a certain corporal.

When he was told that the world would be outraged by the 'final solution', Hitler is said to have remarked: "Who remembers the Armenian genocide?"

Interestingly, some of the best documentary pictures of the Armenian genocide were smuggled out by a young German soldier who was sickened by what he saw.

When the 'race laws' were applied in Nazi Germany, he sent the pictures to Hitler in the hope they would stir his conscience.

As we all know, they did not. In fact there's a fair chance they merely reinforced his thinking.

Des

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Thanks Des

Certainly, a new and unxpected angle on this topic.

Any thoughts on the impact of the massacre on the course of WW1?

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Ray

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