A brief introduction to the Armenian Genocide, this short lesson is intended as an introduction to a broader study of the Armenian Genocide, WWI, and literature.

During World War I, the Turkish leadership of the Ottoman Empire implemented a policy of annihilation against their minority Christian population; during this genocide, approximately 1.5 million Armenians, half the Armenian population living in their indigenous homeland for over 3,000 years ago, they were murdered through deprivation, exposure, and torture. Their communal and personal properties were stolen, and the few survivors were forced to flee to other countries.