In this chilling history documentary from A Day in History, we uncover the forgotten genocides that reshaped the 20th century — the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Genocides. These atrocities, committed by the late Ottoman Empire and early Turkish nationalists, led to the deaths and displacement of millions of innocent Christians in Asia Minor. What began as political paranoia turned into ethnic cleansing — carried out through mass deportations, labor camps, death marches, and unspeakable massacres.
These are the dark chapters of history the world rarely speaks of — silenced by denial, covered by diplomacy, and distorted by propaganda. But the stories of the victims — women marched to death, children orphaned, cities burned, and cultures erased — demand to be remembered.
This is not just a documentary. It’s a voice for those who were silenced. Watch till the end to understand how these genocides were interlinked, and how political motivations, religious intolerance, and imperial collapse birthed one of the darkest legacies of modern history.
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