What is Armin T. Wegner?
[[File:Armin Wagner.JPG|thumbnail|Armin Wegner]] '''Armin T. Wegner''' (October 16, 1886 – May 17, 1978) was a [[soldier]] in [[World War I]], a writer and a co-creator of [[Germany|German]] [[Expressionism]], a [[political activist]] for [[Armenia]]n and [[Jewish]] [[human rights]], and a victim of [[Nazism|Nazi]] persecution. He was a war [[reporter]] for several [[Germany|German]] newspapers at the same time. While staying in [[Turkey]], he saw the [[Armenian Genocide|genocide of Armenians]] with his own eyes. After [[Hitler]] came to power, Wegner was against the fascists, and spoke against the treatment of Jews. After writing a letter to Hitler, he was arrested and tortured. Wegner survived and escaped and was based in [[England]], and in [[Italy]] after the end of World War II. == Other websites == *[http://www.armin-t-wegner.us Armin T. Wegner Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410024551/http://www.armin-t-wegner.us/ |date=2022-04-10 }} *[http://www.armenian-genocide.org/wegnerbio.html Biography of Armin T. Wegner] *[http://www.yadvashem.org/righteous/stories/wegner.html Armin T. Wegner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528103504/http://www.yadvashem.org/righteous/stories/wegner.html |date=2019-05-28 }} at [[Yad Vashem]] website {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wegner, Armin T.}} [[Category:1886 births]] [[Category:1978 deaths]] [[Category:Armenian Genocide]] [[Category:German journalists]] [[Category:German people of World War II]] [[Category:German political activists]] [[Category:Writers from North Rhine-Westphalia]] [[Category:Holocaust survivors]] [[Category:Humanitarians]]