Commenting on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Germany and its collaboration with the Young Turks during the genocide, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reminds mail Armin Wegner German officer sent in 1933 to Hitler. Armin Wegner who witnessed the genocide of the Armenian and had made many pictures, questions Hitler on the fate of the Jews. “How can we chase the Jews, a people who did so much for the German company and patriotism? “Armin Wegner had questioned in his letter to the Führer. Corriere della Sera says that six months after that letter, the German police arrested and thrown into prison. The Italian newspaper wrote Armin Wegner is also known for his photographs of the genocide of the Armenians. It was then military medical officer in the German army in the Ottoman Empire. “In the plains of Cilicia he saw groups of Armenians refugees descended from the chains of Taurus and wandered in the wilderness. The heart of Armin Wegner was tight when he saw hungry children, unaided, pressing against each other and shivering night. “

“All Tucs soldiers and Germans and the population had been ordered to ignore and do nothing to help. But Armin who had tried to rescue one of the children had been arrested and degraded from office. Returning from the war, he had once testified to the atrocities he had witnessed. He lives in the Republic of Weimar organized conferences and showed her photos and other images (…) in 1921 he had testified at the trial of Soghomon Tehlirian who killed Talat Pasha. In 1919 he had written a letter to US President Woodrow Wilson caller studying the Armenian issue. (…) In 1939 he moved to Italy. There it married with the Polish Irene Kovakskaya. The Jewish origin of the latter drew attention to the fascist police. “But Armin Wegner, who had written a letter to Benito Mussolini to show his admiration for the art of Italian artists was not going to be pressured by the Italian police. He died in Rome in 1978.

Krikor Amirzayan