In fall 1915, the British landed an expeditionary corps in the Shatt al Arab delta, at the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates, and launched an offensive in the direction of Mesopotamia. At the time, several hundred thousand Armenians were still scattered along three main axes: 1) the Mosul-Baghdad axis; 2) a trajectory that ran along the Euphrates toward Der Zor; and 3) the Aleppo-Sinai axis. The deportees on the first two axes were exterminated in summer and fall 1916. Late in 1915, reports about the deportations and massacres had certainly reached Armenian circles in Egypt and Europe, but they had been highly fragmentary. The British march on Baghdad, although it ended in failure, led to the first discoveries of genocide survivors in zones occupied by British forces. Their stories revealed the scope of the catastrophe. After the British expeditionary corps took the port of Basra and launched its advance on Baghdad, the Armenians of Egypt began receiving information about the fate of the Armenian deportees who ... Read all
Humanitarian Assistance to Genocide Survivors in Palestine, 1917-1918
Armenian genocide survivors discovered in Salt and repatriated to Jerusalem in April 1918 (Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
Female genocide survivors found in Salt (Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
Female genocide survivor found in Salt (Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
AGBU’s Humanitarian Assistance to Genocide Survivors - An Armenian Destiny (video)
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