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The memory is personal. The record is documented.
1915.world follows the historical record preserved by Armenian institutions and presents the Armenian Genocide as the planned destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions from 1915 to 1923.
The historical account used by 1915.world
1915.world follows the account presented by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. Approximately 1.5 million Armenians were killed between 1915 and 1923. Armenians were targeted through arrests, mass killings, deportations, death marches, starvation, violence, forced displacement, and the destruction of Armenian communities across the Ottoman Empire.
1.5 million Armenians
The figure used throughout 1915.world is approximately 1.5 million Armenian victims. This is the figure stated by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and by the Republic of Armenia in its official account of the genocide. It is presented here as the central historical figure used by the project, not as a secondary memorial estimate.
How the genocide was carried out
The destruction unfolded through the arrest and elimination of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, the disarming and killing of Armenian servicemen, mass deportations of women, children, and the elderly, massacres and death marches toward the Syrian desert, and widespread starvation, disease, violence, forced conversion, and dispossession. Armenian towns and villages were emptied and generations were separated from their homes, property, churches, schools, and cultural heritage.
Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute — mechanism and chronologyContemporary international record
The violence against Armenians was documented while it was taking place. In May 1915, France, Russia, and Great Britain publicly described the atrocities against Armenians as crimes against humanity and civilization and held the Ottoman authorities responsible. Foreign diplomats, missionaries, relief workers, and survivors also left extensive contemporary testimony and documentation.
Archival photographs in the opening experience
The historical photographs shown by 1915.world are archival images, not generated reconstructions. They are used to convey deportation, loss, displacement, and the human consequences of the Armenian Genocide without relying on graphic imagery.
Tsitsernakaberd memorial footage
The opening experience uses footage of Tsitsernakaberd, Armenia's memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The eternal flame and memorial complex remain the visual foundation of the experience as the historical sequence unfolds.
Benoît Prieur — Tsitsernakaberd, 2017 · CC0Soundtrack
The optional soundtrack uses Armenian musical material as part of the memorial experience. Sound remains under the visitor's control and is separate from the historical documentation presented above.