The story of Henry Morgenthau Sr.

U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1916; his cables to Washington are among the earliest outside accounts of the deportations.

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Henry Morgenthau Sr.. U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1916; his cables to Washington are among the earliest outside accounts of the deportations.

1913–1916

Henry Morgenthau Sr. worked at the United States government. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.

1915

Henry Morgenthau Sr. intervened in Deportations and killings of Ottoman Armenians, 1915 to 1916. Pleaded with Ottoman ministers and cabled Washington.

1918

Henry Morgenthau Sr. authored Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story.

Henry Morgenthau Sr., involved in Deportations and killings of Ottoman Armenians, 1915 to 1916 and Arrests of 24 April 1915.

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