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Ambassador Morgenthau's Story

Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important primary historical resource for the study of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide. During this genocide, approximately 1,500,000 Armenians living in Anatolia were murdered in an attempt to rid Turkey of its non-Turkish populations. Mr. Morgenthau left Turkey a frustrated man, having done all that he was able through diplomatic circles to halt the murders, to no avail.
Today, Turkey’s official position is that their attempt to annihilate the Armenian population in Turkey was not a genocide. In 2010, the American House Foreign Relations Committee passed House Resolution 252, officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
“If we hope to stop future genocides we need to admit to those horrific acts of the past. When Hitler had to convince his cohorts that the world would let them get away with it, he turned to them and said, ‘Who today speaks of the annihilation of the Armenians?’,” said Congressman Brad Sherman, co-sponsor of the resolution. “The last act of any genocide is genocide denial, and the first act of preventing the next genocide is to acknowledge past acts of genocide.” (Introduction by Margaret Espaillat)

Year of Publication: 1918Genres: Political Science , Memoirs , *Non-fiction

Running Time: 12 hours 38 minutes 52 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	01 - A German Superman Margaret Espaillat	35:48
2	02 - The "Boss System" Margaret Espaillat	41:35
3	03 - The Personal Representative of the Kaiser Margaret Espaillat	38:13
4	04 - Germany Mobilizes the Turkish Army Margaret Espaillat	12:25
5	05 - Wangenheim Smuggles the Goeben and the Breslau Margaret Espaillat	24:00
6	06 - Wangenheim Tells how the Kaiser Started the War Margaret Espaillat	14:15
7	07 - Germany's Plans for New Territories Margaret Espaillat	9:50
8	08 - A Classic Instance of German Propaganda Margaret Espaillat	17:01
9	09 - Germany Closes the Dardanelles Margaret Espaillat	13:00
10	10 - Turkey's Abrogation of the Capitulations Margaret Espaillat	20:14
11	11 - Germany Forces Turkey into the War Margaret Espaillat	12:39
12	12 - The Turks and Alien Enemies Margaret Espaillat	31:52
13	13 - The Invasion of the Notre Dame de Sion School Margaret Espaillat	18:46
14	14 - Wangenheim and Bethlehem Steel Margaret Espaillat	26:45
15	15 - Djemal Margaret Espaillat	25:39
16	16 - The Turks Prepare to Flee Margaret Espaillat	34:21
17	17 - Enver Margaret Espaillat	27:36
18	18 - The Allied Armada Sails Away Margaret Espaillat	28:08
19	19 - A Fight for Three Thousand Civilians Margaret Espaillat	38:07
20	20 - More Adventures of the Foreign Residents Margaret Espaillat	14:54
21	21 - Bulgaria on the Auction Block Margaret Espaillat	19:25
22	22 - The Turk Reverts to the Ancestral Type Margaret Espaillat	37:19
23	23 - The "Revolution" at Van Margaret Espaillat	14:47
24	24 - The Murder of a Nation Margaret Espaillat	49:56
25	25 - Talaat Tells Why he Deports the Armenians Margaret Espaillat	29:49
26	26 - Enver Pasha Discusses the Armenians Margaret Espaillat	40:10
27	27 - "I Shall Do Nothing for the Armenians" Margaret Espaillat	40:54
28	28 - Enver Again Moves for Peace Margaret Espaillat	21:21
29	29 - Von Jagow, Zimmermann, and German-Americans Margaret Espaillat	20:03