Entry 4: World Response

     The first time majority of the world heard about the Armenian genocide was in 2004, when it first appeared in the New York Times and other weekly and monthly journals. This was even before the news hit the radio and aired on television (Papazian, “Useful Answers To Frequent Questions on the Armenian Genocide”). To most of the world it was their first time hearing the horrific events that the Young Turks committed against the Armenians. By the end of the Armenian genocide almost all the of the Armenian population of Turkey was completely wiped out by its owns government (Papazian, “Useful Answers To Frequent Questions on the Armenian Genocide”).
      The major world powers during the time of the Armenian Genocide were the Americans that lived in the United States. Also an Armenian community located in Los Angeles, California who were willing to help the Armenians that had to face the horrifying, murderous events back in the Ottoman Empire ( Papazian, “Useful Answers To Frequent Questions on the Armenian Genocide”). This particular genocide was witnessed by American missionaries who worked alongside of the Armenians for quite a long time. It was also witnessed by American consular officials. An American Ambassador even confronted Turkey to cease their actions calling the genocide a “racial extermination” (Papazian, “ Useful Answers To Frequent Questions on the Armenian Genocide”). Another way Americans helped the Armenian victims was they raised millions of dollars to help feed the starving Armenians who had absolutely nothing after suffering excruciating pain from the genocide. The genocide that not only took their freedom, and religion from them but also allowing them to look at the world as a completely different place (Papazian, “Useful Answers To Frequent Questions on the Armenian Genocide”).
      Finally, in March of 2010 a United States Congressional panel voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide after years of the Armenian community begging for them to speak out about the genocide that left about 388,000 Armenians in the Ottoman Empire after the mass murder of the genocide (“Armenian Genocide”).