Newspaper documentation of the Assyrian genocide

This page contains a brief list of press headlines relevant to the Assyrian genocide in chronological order, as recorded in newspaper archives.

Headlines from NewspapersDatePage
Report Christians in Peril in Turkey, The New York TimesNovember 12, 1914
Massacred by Kurds. Christians Unable to Flee from Urmia Put to Death, Washington PostMarch 14, 1915p. 10
Turks Advise Christians to Flee. Fear of General Massacre in Constantinople if Allied Fleet Passes Dardanelles. The New York TimesJanuary 11, 1915
Christians in Great Peril. Talaat Bey Declares That There is Room Only for Turks in Turkey. The New York TimesJanuary 13, 1915
U.S. Aappeal to Turks, The Washington PostMarch 25, 1915p. 2
Massacres Kept Up. 20,000 Christians Killed or Missing in Persia. Washington PostMarch 26, 1915p. 1
More Violence by Turks, Los Angeles TimesMarch 27, 1915p. II-1
Christians in Danger. Fearing New Massacre by Kurds, State Department Acts, Washington PostMarch 27, 1915p. 1
Dragged Out to Die, The Washington PostMarch 27, 1915p. 5
Native Christians Massacred; Frightful Atrocities in Persia, Los Angeles TimesApril 2, 1915p. I-1
Turks Kill Hundreds. More than 700 Christians Slain and Mutilated at Haftdewan. 800 Victims in Urumiah. Washington PostApril 2, 1915
Fled Kurd Massacres, The Washington PostApril 4, 1915p. 3
40 Die Daily in Mission. Mortality Among 10,000 Refugees at Urumiah Appalling. Washington PostApril 11, 1915p.R4
Turks Kill Christians, The Washington PostApril 25, 1915p. 1
Kurds Massacre More Armenians. Flight from Persia-Full of Suffering for Those Who Escaped the Sword. The New York TimesApril 26, 1915
Says Turks Aided Recent Massacres, The New York TimesApril 29, 1915
Await Epulsion of Kurds. Thousands of Christians Want to Return to Persia, The New York TimesMay 2, 1915
People Flee From Kurds. Thousands of Assyrians Are Forced from Homes, Los Angeles TimesMay 3, 1915p. I-2
Kill 10,000 Christians, The Washington PostMay 16, 1915p. 15
Urumiah Massacres. Death of 12,000 Nestorian Christians, The Times (London)October 9, 1915
Turkish Horrors in Persia, New York TimesOctober 11, 1915
The Assassination of a Race, The IndependentOctober 18, 1915
25,000 Syrians Starving, The New York TimesOctober 30, 1915
Decline of Ancient Assyrian Church. Results of Kurdish Tyranny. The Times (London) November 13, 1915
What Father Dakras Saw of Massacres in Turkey, Washington PostNovember 28, 1915p.M5-8
Paul Shimmon, The Plight of Assyria. Needs of Christian and Kurd in That War-Ravaged Country. The New York TimesSeptember 18, 1916p.12
H.P. Packard, Letter to the editor, New York TimesSeptember 18, 1916p.12
Relief Is Urged for Assyrians, The Los Angeles TimesNovember 13, 1916p.13
Murder of Mar Shimun, The New York TimesApril 15, 1918
Morgenthau Urges Carving of Turkey, The Los Angeles TimesDecember 12, 1918p.I1
Syrian Tells of Atrocities, Los Angeles TimesDecember 15, 1918p.I-1
Assyro-Chaldean Delegation to Paris to Plead for a State, The Times (London)March 19, 1919
President Appeals for Help for Armenians and Syrians, The Wall Street JournalOctober 29, 1917p.3
Chaldean Victims of the Turks, The Times (London)November 22, 1919p.11
Assyrians’ War Sufferings, The Times (London)June 15, 1920
Paul Shimmun, Assyrian Immigration, The New York TimesJune 4, 1922p.105
Morgenthau Calls for Check on Turks; Says Their Devilish Scheme for Annihilation of Other Races Must Not Go OnSeptember 5, 1922p.3
Allies Abandoning Minorities' Cause," The New York Times January 10, 1923p. 4
Better Feeling in Conference, The New York TimesJanuary 10, 1923p. 4
Greater Tension Felt at Lausanne, The New York TimesJanuary 21, 1923p. 2
George Seldes, Chaldeans Outraged as Massacred by Turks, Los Angeles TimesOctober 25, 1925p. 1
Turkish Atrocities Shock the League. Britain Gets Mosul. The New York TimesDecember 16, 1925p. 1
Bishops Protest Treaty with Turks, New York TimesApril 5, 1926p. 21

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