Adana Confiscation (Courts Martial)

Original Author

Krikor Guerguerian

Institutional Sponsor

Taner Akcam

Publication Date

4-29-2018

Summary

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Coded telegraph, number 6/536

Guerguerian's notes on Germany's role in the Genocide

From: Derdhem, by the order of the Office of the Central Command's Staff President To: [blank] Date: 28 July 1915 [15 Temmuz 331] Number: 6/536 Topic: it states that the decision to deport the Armenian people had been taken; and instructs that the Armenians in the Labor Batallions should be prevented from disturbing the public order.

From: The Office of the Central Command's Staff President Bronsart To: [blank] Date: 29 July 1915 [16 Temmuz 331] Number: [blank] Topic: it instructs that the properties and lives of the deported Armenians should be carefully protected and that no room be given for any complaints.

From: The Ankara Army Corps Recruitment Committee President Halil Recai To: The Offices of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Division Commands; the Central Command; and the Ankara Gendarmerie Regiment Command Date: 30 July 1915 [17 Temmuz 331] Number: [blank] Topic: it instructs for the properties and lives of the deported Armenians to be carefully protected.

From: The Ankara Deputy Governor-General Atif [Atıf] To: The Yozgat District Governor Cemal Bey Date: 31 July 1915 [18 Temmuz 331] Number: [blank] Topic: it states that of the Armenians inside the Batallions, those who were members of the committee, as well as those who were teachers, doctors, pharmacists, priests, merchants, lawyers, and other such professionals had been moved and were on the road to Deir ez-Zor; and that their lives and properties should be protected during the journey.

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