1915-04-27-DE-002

1915-04-27-DE-002

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Source: DE/PA-AA/R14085
Central register: 1915-A-15059
Edition: Genocide 1915/16
Date of entry in central register: 05/03/1915 a.m.
Embassy/consular serial number: No. 258
Translated by: Vera Draack (Translation sponsored by Zoryan Institute)
Last updated: 03/23/2012

From the Ambassador in Constantinople (Wangenheim) to the Reichskanzler (Bethmann Hollweg)

Report

No. 258
Pera, April 27, 1915

Further to his report to Your Excellency dated the 12^th inst., Consul Roessler sent a report here by telegram on the 20^th inst. that according to the latest reports from the principal of the American College in Aintab, Dr. Merrill, which Mr. Roessler terms as reliable, the Armenian population of Marash, Zeitun and all of the villages as far south as Hassan-Beyli will be deported by the authorities insofar as it is wealthy or influential. 35 families have already been taken away from Zeitun and two further sections are on their way. The men are hereby separated from the women; the women are escorted by soldiers.

Mr. Roessler notes in this connection:

”These measures by the Central Government are obviously based on false reports from Marash. They are a disaster for the country and calculated on the systematic ruin of a part of the population. They are based on a basic conception that is false; it considers the entire Armenian population to be suspicious or even hostile."

The only information at the local Armenian Patriarchate was that the Armenians from Antioch and Suediye had been taken away, apparently already some time ago.

Wangenheim