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The Armenian Genocide: The First Modern Lie
While previous episodes have covered the merchant networks of New Julfa, the melikdoms of Karabakh, and the resistance at Sardarabad, this episode turns to the systematic destruction of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. We explore how the Committee of Union and Progress orchestrated a campaign of deportation and massacre that historians now classify as genocide. Through the eyes of diplomats like George Horton and journalists such as Johannes Lepsius, we examine the 'Relay Station Turkey' propaganda machine designed to deny these atrocities. Lucas details the…
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