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#Lusitania’s #ArmenianGenocide connection #Lusitania100 #ArmenianGenocide100 #1915

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Armenian majorities in the Ottoman Empire are shown in teal in the center of the map. From Wikimedia Commons. 24 April 2015 marks the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, where an estimated 800,000 to 1.5 million Armenians were killed under Ottoman rule. I don’t claim to be an expert in this field, so I’ll leave the …

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Mr. Frank Baba

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Frank Baba, 30, was a Persian national from Chicago, Illinois, United States traveling aboard Lusitania with 12 other companions to learn the fate of their families following the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.  Frank Baba and his traveling companions John Jacob Baba and Thomas Ohan Stephen survived. From the Sunday, 9 May 1915 New York Times, page 5, column 4: The following …

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Mr. John Jacob Baba

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John Jacob Baba, 33, was a Persian national from Chicago, Illinois, United States traveling aboard Lusitania with 12 other companions to learn the fate of their families following the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.  John Jacob Baba and his traveling companions Frank Baba and Thomas Ohan Stephen survived. From the Sunday, 9 May 1915 New York Times, page 5, column 4: The following …

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Mr. Thomas Ohan Stephen

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Thomas Stephen, 23, was a United States citizen of Persian descent from Chicago, Illinois, United States traveling aboard Lusitania with 12 other Persians to learn the fate of their families following the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.  Thomas Stephen and his traveling companions John Jacob Baba and Frank Baba survived. From the Sunday 9 May 1915 New York Times, page …

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