Armenian Relocation and the Jewish Holocaust

Armenians try to draw a parallel between the Armenian relocation and the great Holocaust. Such a conclusion is totally unjustifiable when the reasons for and the conditions at the time are taken into account.
Dadrian claims "one of the most significant elements between the Armenians and the Jews has been the inferior status to which they have been relegated for centuries as disdained minorities by nation states and the dominant groups operating within them." He continues (and this is the line of many Armenians) "legal disabilities often compunded these social liabilities. For the Armenians, the legal disabiilties included the denial of the right to bear arms in a oand where their adversaries were armed to the teeth... both the Armenians and the Jews were politically disenfranchised and , barring some incidental exceptions, were excluded from the governmental power structure of their respective societies." (1)

(1) Vahakn N. Dadrian, The Historical and Legal Interconnections between the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust: From Impunity to Retributive Justice, The Yale journal of International Law (1998 Vol. 23 No.2)

Mesrob K.Krikorian, in the preface of his research entitled "Armenians in the Service of the Ottoman Empire 1860-1908" states that both in Anatolia and Syria, the Armenians were employed in various administrative, judicial, economic and secretarial fields and, to a lesser extent, in technical affairs, agriculture, education and public health. Armenians were also employed in the police force of provinces where there existed Armenian communities. Armenians held high level posts in the Ottoman Administration such as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Secretary General of the same Ministry, Ambassadors, Ministers of Finance, Treasury, and Public Works, Presidents of the State Banks and Post Services and as Governors.

In his conclusion, Krikorian asserts: "It is advisable for comparative study to notice the parallel participation of the other principal non- Turkish elements of the population. Summing up the participation of the communities other than Armenian, it is clear that none of them had such a large and permanent co-operation with the Ottoman Government in the public affairs of Eastern Anatolia and Syria as the Armenian 'millet'." (2)

(2) Mesrob K. Krikorian, Armenians in the Service of the Ottoman Empire (London 1977) p.107

In an article entitled "La Societe Armenienne Contemporaine by B. Dadian, which appeared in Revue des Deux Mondes (Juin 1867) the writer says: "after the Turks hoisted their victorious flag on the citadel of Istanbul, they did not make almost any change on the civil and political conditions of the Sultans, the christian population maintained a sort of independence and their nationality. "

Comparisons:

April 15, 1924: Hitler began writing his book Mein Kampf while he was in prison for committing treason against Germany. Hitler writes that the Jews must be eliminated from society. After this Hitler begins his personal public hate campaign against the entire Jewish race. (we all know the rest)

No Ottoman or Turkish leader gave such an order condemning the Armenians and there was no campaign to exterminate the entire Armenian race by any Ottoman leader. Any litterature provided by the Armenians has been proven that the evidence mostly fall into five major categories: hearsay, mis-representations, exaggerations, forgeries, and “other”.

March 21, 1933: Hitler and his Nazis create special courts to persecute political enemies.

No such court was ever established within the Ottoman Empire

April 26, 1933: Hitler organized the infamous Gestapo, this "above the law" police force would lead in the Jewish extermination campaigns.

The Ottomans never had such a special police force to terrorize the Armenians

May 2, 1933: Hitler dissolved all labor unions.

The Ottomans never did such a thing. However, in Armenia today, labor unions like in Nazi Germany are not permitted. Between 50% and 60% of all Armenian businessmen do not pay any taxes. This is why the Armenian number one import is foreign aid from the Christian nations of the world. In Armenia today the privileged few, just as in Nazi Germany, get richer while the working people of this tiny state remain in poverty and are forced to live a life of squalor.

October 28, 1938: the first Jews were deported just because they were Jews.

The Ottomans never deported anyone because of race. What the Ottomans did was deport Armenians from only one part of their empire for being disloyal citizens who were actively helping the invading Russians. The Jews never helped anyone invade Germany. There is no way anyone can compare the Jews to Armenians! However, in 1938 when the first Jews were deported, Armenians were voluntarily joining the Nazis to help them create the real genocide of the 20th century. The evidence is absolute that more than 100,000 Armenians joined Hitler. The evidence is also absolute that Armenian politicians took part in Hitler's racial purity campaigns.

July 4, 1939; Hitler decreed that German Jews were prohibited from holding government jobs.

On the contrary, the Armenians held high ranking jobs throught the Ottoman Empire.

October 12, 1939: Jews were removed from Vienna, Austria for the sole reason they were Jews.

The reason for the Armenian relocation from eastern Anatolia has already been covered in my previous posts. The Nazi acts do not compare to the Ottoman actions. For anyone to compare Nazi Germany to the Ottoman Empire is a sign of their hatred and bias towards anything Turkic.

September 17, 1941 marks the date the Nazis began the general deportation of all German Jews.

The Ottomans only deported from the troublesome areas, Armenians in Izmir (Smyrna), Istanbul etc were left untouched. (There are still circa 80 000 Armenians living in Istanbul alone)

December 15, 1942: The Armenian National Council was given official Nazi recognition by Alfred Rosenberg, the German minister of Nazi occupied areas. The Armenians had made a consecrated effort to prove to Hitler that they were Aryans like he was and they were so accepted.

The Armenians made radio broadcasts from Berlin supporting Hitler's Aryan and racially pure beliefs. Several Armenian newspapers also supported Hitler's ethnic/racial pure beliefs during World War II. The Ottomans never did such things. The actual proof is that during World War II the Turks opposed Hitler while the Armenians within Turkey supported first Hitler and then switched sides to the Russians when they saw Germany losing the war.

November 20, 1945: The Nuremberg International Tribunal began to try Nazi leaders for war crimes.

After World War I the Paris Peace Conference was held. The Armenians presented their massacre claims to this conference who rejected the claims and gave the Armenians nothing for damages. The Armenians refused to accept the Peace Conference answer and again asked to be heard and to present more evidence. The Paris Peace Conference agreed to allow the Armenians to present their massacre claims a second time and again--for a second time the Paris Peace Conference rejected the Armenians claim against the Ottoman Empire. The Armenians have tried the courts not once, but twice, and they offered their self-called proof twice and each time they received nothing.
Today the Armenians want land and reparations from Turkey, which didn't even come into existence until 1923. 8 years after the self anointed Armenian genocide bogus claim. The Armenian government demands today that the Turkish government admit to this fake genocide claim. The question cries out to be answered: Why should the Turks admit to any such thing? When will the Armenians work for peace in their region of the world rather than starting war after war and making false demands upon its neighbors?