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Tearing down the ruins of buildings in Van, Turkey, a town of about 35,000 in 1915, most of them Armenian, after the Turkish bombardment of the city in 1915. From 'Ambassador Morgenthau's Story' by Henry Morgenthau, American Ambassador to Turkey from 1913 to 1916. Text: Van in Ruins Tearing down buildings at Van, destroyed by the Turkish bombardment

Tearing down the ruins of buildings in Van, Turkey, a town of about 35,000 in 1915, most of them Armenian, after the Turkish bombardment of the city in 1915. From 'Ambassador Morgenthau's Story' by Henry Morgenthau, American Ambassador to Turkey from 1913 to 1916.

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Van in Ruins

Tearing down buildings at Van, destroyed by the Turkish bombardment

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"Tearing down the ruins of buildings in Van, Turkey, a town of about 35,000 in 1915, most of them Armenian, after the Turkish bombardment of the city in 1915. From 'Ambassador Morgenthau's Story' by Henry Morgenthau, American Ambassador to Turkey from 1913 to 1916."

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Van in Ruins

Tearing down buildings at Van, destroyed by the Turkish bombardment

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Tuesday, April 20, 1915

Month, Year

April, 1915

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Ambassador Morgenthau's Story, Morgenthau's Story, Henry Morgenthau, Morgenthau, Turkey, Ambassador, Van, Armenia, Van revolution