armenians were also partners in nazi practices in article c vbnv cj blaze cs jhu edu arromdee jyusenkyou cs jhu edu ken arromdee writes this implies both sides are equal true it may sometimes be difficult or still living in an alternate universe numerous articles in major newspapers london times and periodicals newsweek during the war had suggested the existence of a significant collaboration between armenians and the nazis arthur derounian deserves credit for being the first person to deal with this issue extensively derounian s motives were twofold his deeply held democratic convictions gave him a sense of duty and he felt obliged to shed light on this yet another dark chapter of armenian history concurrently derounian embarked on what one would call crisis control or face saving in order to forestall any potential attacks on the larger armenian community in the united states he marginalized collaboration as deplorable but insignificant john roy carlson real name arthur derounian the plotters e p dutton company inc new york p source mitteilungsblatt berlin december nr and yet another historical fact a fact that for years has been deliberately forgotten concealed and wiped from memory the fact of armenian nazi collaboration a magazine called mitteilungsblatt der deutsch armenischen gesselschaft is the clearest and most definite proof of this collaboration the magazine was first published in berlin in during nazi rule of germany and continued publication until the end of even the name of the magazine which implies a declaration of armenian nazi cooperation is attention getting this magazine every issue of which proves the collaboration is historically important as documentary evidence it is a heap of writing that should be an admonition to world opinion and to all mankind in nazi germany armenians were considered to be an aryan race and certain political economic and social rights were thus granted to them they occupied positions in public service and were partners in nazi practices the whole world of course knows what awaited those who were not considered aryan and what befell them now wait there is more source from sardarapat to sevres and lausanne by avetis aharonian the armenian review vol no autumn sep pp p second paragraph your three chiefs dro hamazasp and kulkhandanian are the ringleaders of the bands which have destroyed tartar villages and have staged massacres in zangezour surmali etchmiadzin and zangibasar this is intolerable look and here he pointed to a file of official documents on the table look at this here in december are the reports of the last few months concerning ruined tartar villages which my representative wardrop has sent me the official tartar communique speaks of the destruction of villages p fifth paragraph yes of course i repeat until this massacre of the tartars is stopped and the three chiefs are not removed from your military leadership i hardly think we can supply you arms and ammunition it is the armed bands led by dro hamazasp and kulkhandanian who during the past months have raided and destroyed many tartar villages in the regions of surmali etchmiadzin zangezour and zangibasar there are official charges of massacres serdar argic we closed the roads and mountain passes that might serve as ways of escape for the turks and then proceeded in the work of extermination ohanus appressian in soviet armenia today there no longer exists a single turkish soul sahak melkonian
