The Armenian Genocide was a crime committed against the Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire. The political people of the Ottoman Empire made the decision of the Armenian Genocide. The three people who controlled the government were Memet Talaat, Ismail Enver, and Ahmed Jemal. This crime took strategy and good machinery. An organization called the Special Organization, was a newly created secret weapon, which involved convicts and irregular troops. The Special Organization was in charge of large slaughterings of the Armenian People. The Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide are similar in ways the people were treated. People were tortured, starved, deported, and executed. Thousands of Armenians were dropped off in the middle of a dessert left to die of starvation and thirst. Women and child were abducted and abused.
Many people who were involved in the planning and killing of the Armenian people fled the country but were tried in absentee and found guilty as the genocide was considered a crime against humanity. Over one million people died during the Armenian Genocide. Many foreigners witnessed the Armenian Genocide. Some of those that witnessed include U.S. diplomatic representatives and American missionaries. Although the Young Turks government put restrictions on photography and reports, the Armenian Genocide made top news reports in America's media.