1915
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The Face of El Fusilado: Wenceslao Moguel and the Photograph That Defied a Firing Squad
Framed against a plain backdrop, Mexican revolution survivor Wenceslao Moguel stares directly into the camera, his face permanently disfigured by the eight bullets and point-blank coup de grâce that failed to end his life.
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An Ottoman Official Taunting Starving Armenian Children with Bread, 1915
A haunting 1915 photograph from the Ottoman Empire captures an official holding up bread to taunt starving Armenian children during the genocide.
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The Silent Witnesses of the Desert: Armin Wegner’s Photograph of Abandoned Armenian Children
A haunting photograph by German medic Armin T. Wegner captures emaciated Armenian children collapsed on a dusty Ottoman street in 1915, serving as a smuggled testament to the horrors of the Armenian Genocide.
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Brussels Official Calls Armenian Genocide Century’s Darkest Page
Brussels Public Welfare Centre President David Weizmann called the Armenian Genocide a century’s darkest page, urged remembering history & fighting denial in the face of rising extremism.
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Erdoğan Message Again Avoids Genocide Term on 110th Anniversary
Turkish President Erdoğan issued a message on the 110th Armenian Genocide anniversary, again avoiding “Genocide,” describing deaths under WWI, and claiming no discrimination despite past incidents.