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These are the essential points in the Lepsius legend,
never had left Constantinople which has hardly to do
with reality and truth.
What can be found under the Internet address "chrismon
- ARMENIEN Ein deutscher Pfarrer und der Genozid" is
a classic example o f the falsification and manipulation o f
historical fact, but this was obviously the source used by
the authors o f the parliamentary’ proposal.
Lepsius was him self never witness to a single act o f violence.
Everything he wrote or reported he had from the
lips o f his Armenian informants, ju st as was the case with
Morgenthau, the Ambassador o f the United States. The
short section " ... the pastor as carpet-dealer” gives the
truth away, which is that his documentation is only composed
o f "eyewitness reports ... personal thoughts”. A
document in the style o f Aram Andonian, whose falsifications
were later to cost Talaat Pascha and subsequently
many others their lives. The "chrismon" website gives the
following commentary on the trial o f Techlirian, Talaat's
murderer: "The report o f Lepsius contributes to the
assassin's acquittal" That is the point where the present-
day worldwide terror network took root.
With this act o f commemoration the German Bundestag
pays tribute to the efforts o f all those Germans and Turks
who, in difficult circumstances and against the resistance
o f their respective Governments, acted to save Armenian
women, men, and children. A particular intention is to
rescue from oblivion the work o f Dr Johannes Lepsius,
who fought energetically and effectively for the survival
o f the Armenian people, and to use the memory o f his
work as a means o f improving relations between the
Armenian, German, and Turkish peoples.
The author o f this piece o f writing may well be unaware
that Pastor Lepsius was a cunning trickster, as is demonstrated
by many pieces o f evidence which are on the
Internet fo r anyone to read who wishes. The author was
clearly also unaware that Lepsius never spent any time in
the crisis-stricken areas. His source was the US
Ambassador Morgenthau, who never set foot over the
boundaries o f the city o f Istanbul and received his information
exclusively from his Armenian interpreters.
Add to these the incredibly cleverly written book by Aram
Andonian and you have the three traps which even as
clever a man as Franz Werfel fe ll into when he wrote his
masterpiece "The Forty Days o f Musa Dagh", which is
almost certainly the source from which the members o f
140
the German Bundestag derives their "knowledge" o f the
matter.
But research into and assessment o f these historical
events is also o f immediate significance for our own day,
when the normalization o f relations between the Republic
o f Turkey and the Republic o f Armenia is o f particular
importance for the future o f the whole region. It is urgent­
ly necessary that confidence-building measures, in the
sense o f the word as used in the principles o f the OSCE.
The opening o f the border to Turkey, for instance, could
contribute to the termination o f Armenia's isolation and to
the resumption o f diplomatic relations.
At this point the arguments presented by the author or
authors reach the culminating point o f their at all times
considerable ignorance. Anyone can see from a glance at
the map that the Republic o f Hayastan (Armenia) is not
subject to any "isolation". The borders to Georgia (in the
direction o f the Black Sea) and to Iran to the south are
quite open. The authors o f this pamphlet are clearly also
unaware o f Armenia's ill will towards Turkey (non-renew-
al o f the Treaty o f Gumru, resulting in the maintaining o f
positively absurd territorial claims; the inclusion in
Hayastan's national coat o f arms o f Mount Ararat, which
is clearly on Turkish national territory), as are the individuals
most closely associated with the proposal, namely
Muntefering, Merkel, Goring, and Gerhardt.
It is the responsibility o f our educational policy to con­
tribute to ensuring that research into and assessment of
the expulsion and extermination o f the Armenians is car­
ried out as part o f the work on the history o f ethnic con­
flicts in the twentieth century.
Would it not be better to spare a little time to talk about
the Benes Decrees and to commemorate the mass murder
and expulsion o f Sudeten Germans?
And yet no steps are taken in this direction. The Czech
Republic was admitted to the EU in spite o f the continued
validity o f the Benes Decrees, which is a dear case o f one
rule fo r the rich and one rule fo r the poor. With respect to
Turkey, Germany plays the judge without knowing the
facts; with respect to the Czech lands, nothing is said
even though everyone knows the facts. Is that pragmatism?
Or it is perhaps plain injustice?