Deir Ez Zor Armenian Genocide

Pashinyan describes the ongoing fighting as more than azerbaijan s desire to capture territory labelling it as a continuation of the 1915 armenian genocide.

Deir ez zor armenian genocide. The ruins of the armenian genocide memorial church in deir ez zor syria after its destruction by the islamic state. Deir ez zor and the armenian genocide in 1915 the syrian region of deir ez zor mainly a desert became a final destination of the armenians during armenian genocide where they were killed. In retrospect i think what struck me that day was empathy. It comprises a museum housing the remains of genocide victims.

The construction of the martyrs memorial started in december 1989 and was completed in november 1990. Barseghyan told the online publication that assad vowed to rebuild the armenian genocide memorial church in deir ezzor that was destroyed by jabhat al nusra terrorists. The memorial complex served as church museum monument archive centre and exhibition. A memorial complex commemorating this tragedy was opened in the city.

Deir ez zor and the surrounding syrian desert were the final destination point for armenians forced out of their homes and subjected to infamous death marches by the ottoman government during the first world war. Jackson estimated that armenian refugees as far east as deir ez zor and south of damascus numbered 150 000 all of whom were virtually destitute. The united states vice consul in aleppo jesse b. It was under the direct administration of the armenian prelacy diocese of aleppo.

It was consecrated on 4 may 1991 by catholicos karekin ii of the armenian catholicosate of cilicia. He says that today s armenian is no longer a person destined to the killing fields of deir zor. Ironically the building erected in memory of the. The deir ez zor camps were concentration camps in the heart of the syrian desert in which many thousands of armenian refugees were forced into death marches during the armenian genocide.

A new armenian genocide memorial in artsakh. Twenty five years ago a new church was consecrated in the town of deir al zour in eastern syria dedicated to the armenians killed en masse in 1915. The syrian government plans to give priority in these programs to those countries which stood together with it during those years. Built in 1989 1991 the der ez zor church has been part of an armenian genocide memorial complex.

Armenian genocide martyrs memorial in deir ez zor syria was a complex dedicated to victims of the armenian genocide. The concentration camps.