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the Allied victory over Nazi Germany laid bare to the world the atrocities of
the Third Reich, the wholesale slaughter of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
between 1915 and 1919 escaped the level of scrutiny that accompanied the
prosecution of Nazi war criminals. The Turkish government continues to deny
vigorously that genocide occurred thereby prolonging a resolution of the issue.
At the same time, the Genocide has become the defining issue that shapes and
strengthens Armenian national identity. Unlike the victims of the Holocaust,
however, many Armenians are unable to move beyond this to achieve a sense of
justice or closure that can only come from having received some form of apology
or acknowledgment. |
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