The 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide is approaching. On April 24th, 1915, the Ottoman Turks began their plan of systematic extermination of the Armenian people. 1.5 million Armenians were murdered, or sent on death marches. The atrocites that took place cannot even be described here. To this day, the Turkish government denies the Young Turk Party of the Ottoman Empire ever perpetrated the first genocide of the 20th century.

The US government at the time acknowledged the atrocities that were taking place. However, they have since backtracked and refuse to use the term Genocide to describe what took place. Reams and reams of international historical texts show eyewitness accounts and government documents which prove the horrors that took place were in fact Genocide. Yet foreign relations and strategic military bases take precedence over serious human rights issues.

At this time, France is the only country which has formally recognized the Armenian Genocide. Other European countries are calling for Turkey to admit the Armenian Genocide took place, before it can be considered for admission into the European Union. Turkey, in response, is stepping up its denial to even more astronomical levels.

Please take a moment to view iWitness, a short flash presentation of those who survived the Armenian Genocide. Links to stand alone versions for Mac and PC are also available on the site.

Noted Armenian Scholar of the Armenian Genocide gives a lecture on the impunity of the Ottoman Government during the events of 1915, originally called massacres and now generally accepted as "genocidal" by most historians."

Dadrian is author of: "German Responsibility in the Armenian Genocide : A Review of the Historical Evidence of German Complicity;""Autopsie du genocide Armennien : entre l'Empire Ottoman et les grandes puissances;" "Warrant for Genocide: Key Elements of Turko-Armenian Conflict;" and "The History of the Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus," among other numerous works

Dr. Stephen Feinstein is the Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota. He served in various leadership positions in the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Feinstein has edited several books on the Holocaust and genocide including Absence/Presence: Critical Essays on the Artistic Memory of the Holocaust (Syracuse University Press, 2005) and Confronting the Holocaust (University Press of America, 1998). Feinstein is also a curatorial consultant for the Florida Holocaust Museum.

Comments on Armenian Genocide and issue of recognition. Outakes from TPT-TV show of April 24, 2005, "The Armenian Genocide: 90 Years Later."

A list of some of the many resources available on the Internet.

National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Armenian Genocide Institute-Museum
http://www.armenocide.am/

The Armenian Genocide - History Does Not Fade Away
http://www.theforgotten.org/

Genocide 1915
http://www.genocide1915.info/

Armenian National Institute
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/

Armenian Genocide- Wiki
Summary of events, quotes, articles of the time, first-hand accounts, suggested readings and pictures.
http://www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Armenian_Genocide

Human Rights Action: Armenian Genocide
http://www.hr-action.org/armenia/index.html

Our Ararat
http://www.ourararat.com/

The Armenian Genocide A Supplemental Bibliography, 1993-1996
http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/ armenian/facts/gen_bib2.html

Fact Sheet: Armenian Genocide
The University of Michigan-Dearborn http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/ armenian/facts/genocide.html