Photograph of a village on Lake Van, an area of Turkey populated largely by ethnic Armenians. The area was one of the first targeted on a large scale when Turkey turned on its Armenian citizens. Photo from Ambassador Morgenthau's Story by Henry Morgenthau, American Ambassador to Turkey from 1913 to 1916.
Fishing village on Lake VanIn this district about 55,000 Armenians were massacred
"Photograph of a village on Lake Van, an area of Turkey populated largely by ethnic Armenians. The area was one of the first targeted on a large scale when Turkey turned on its Armenian citizens. Photo from Ambassador Morgenthau's Story by Henry Morgenthau, American Ambassador to Turkey from 1913 to 1916."
Friday, June 18, 1915
1915
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story, Morgenthau's Story, Henry Morgenthau, Morgenthau, Turkey, Ambassador, Armenia, Lake Van, massacre
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