Newspaper documentation of the Assyrian Genocide

This page contains a brief list of press headlines relevant to the Assyrian Genocide in chronological order, as recorded in newspaper archives. The New York Times received the Pulitzer Prize in 1918 "for the most disinterested and meritorious public service rendered by an American newspaper -- complete and accurate coverage of the war" (see Pulitzer Prizes awarded to the New York Times' staff.)^{[citation needed]}

Headlines from Newspapers	Date	Page
Nestorian Christians - Kurdistan, The Times (London)	January 5 1844
The Armenian Massacres, The New York Times	December 16, 1894	p.16
Another Armenian Holocaust, The New York Times	September 10, 1895
Distress of Armenians. Results of Rioting and Pillaging in Several Provinces Told, The New York Times	January 5 1896	p.7
Woes of the Armenians. A Review of the Situation in Various Provinces. The New York Times	January 4, 1896	p.5
Report Christians in Peril in Turkey, The New York Times	November 12 1914
Massacred by Kurds. Christians Unable to Flee from Urmia Put to Death, Washington Post	March 14 1915	p.10
Turks Advise Christians to Flee. Fear of General Massacre in Constantinople if Allied Fleet Passes Dardanelles. The New York Times	January 11 1915
Christians in Great Peril. Talaat Bey Declares That There is Room Only for Turks in Turkey. The New York Times	January 13 1915
U.S. Aappeal to Turks, The Washington Post	March 25, 1915	p.2
Massacres Kept Up. 20,000 Christians Killed or Missing in Persia. Washington Post	March 26 1915	p.1
More Violence by Turks, Los Angeles Times	March 27 1915	p.II-1
Christians in Danger. Fearing New Massacre by Kurds, State Department Acts, Washington Post	March 27 1915	p.1
Dragged Out to Die, The Washington Post	March 27, 1915	p.5
Native Christians Massacred; Frightful Atrocities in Persia, Los Angeles Times	April 2 1915	p.I-1
Turks Kill Hundreds. More than 700 Christians Slain and Mutilated at Haftdewan. 800 Victims in Urumiah. Washington Post	April 2 1915
Fled Kurd Massacres, The Washington Post	April 4 1915	p.3
40 Die Daily in Mission. Mortality Among 10,000 Refugees at Urumiah Appalling. Washington Post	April 11 1915	p.R4
Turks Kill Christians, The Washington Post	April 25 1915	p.1
Kurds Massacre More Armenians. Flight from Persia-Full of Suffering for Those Who Escaped the Sword. The New York Times	April 26 1915
Says Turks Aided Recent Massacres, The New York Times	April 29 1915
Await Epulsion of Kurds. Thousands of Christians Want to Return to Persia, The New York Times	May 2 1915
People Flee From Kurds. Thousands of Assyrians Are Forced from Homes, Los Angeles Times	May 3 1915	p.I-2
Kill 10,000 Christians, The Washington Post	May 16, 1915	p.15
Urumiah Massacres. Death of 12,000 Nestorian Christians, The Times (London)	October 9 1915
Turkish Horrors in Persia, New York Times	October 11 1915
The Assassination of a Race, The Independent	October 18 1915
25,000 Syrians Starving, The New York Times	October 30 1915
Decline of Ancient Assyrian Church. Results of Kurdish Tyranny. The Times (London)	November 13 1915
What Father Dakras Saw of Massacres in Turkey, Washington Post	November 28 1915	p.M5-8
Paul Shimmon, The Plight of Assyria. Needs of Christian and Kurd in That War-Ravaged Country. The New York Times	September 18, 1916	p.12
H.P. Packard, Letter to the editor, New York Times	September 18 1916	p.12
Relief Is Urged for Assyrians, The Los Angeles Times	November 13, 1916	p.13
Murder of Mar Shimun, The New York Times	April 15 1918
Morgenthau Urges Carving of Turkey, The Los Angeles Times	December 12, 1918	p.I1
Syrian Tells of Atrocities, Los Angeles Times	December 15 1918	p.I-1
Assyro-Chaldean Delegation to Paris to Plead for a State, The Times (London)	March 19 1919
President Appeals for Help for Armenians and Syrians, The Wall Street Journal	October 29, 1917	p.3
Chaldean Victims of the Turks, The Times (London)	November 22 1919	p.11
Assyrians’ War Sufferings, The Times (London)	June 15 1920
Paul Shimmun, Assyrian Immigration, The New York Times	June 4, 1922	p.105
Morgenthau Calls for Check on Turks; Says Their Devilish Scheme for Annihilation of Other Races Must Not Go On	September 5 1922	p.3
Allies Abandoning Minorities' Cause," The New York Times	January 10 1923	p. 4
Better Feeling in Conference, The New York Times	January 10, 1923	p.4
Greater Tension Felt at Lausanne, The New York Times	January 21, 1923	p.2
George Seldes, Chaldeans Outraged as Massacred by Turks, Los Angeles Times	October 25 1925	p.1
Turkish Atrocities Shock the League. Britain Gets Mosul. The New York Times	December 16, 1925	p.1
Bishops Protest Treaty with Turks, New York Times	April 5, 1926	p.21
500 Assyrians Killed, Wall Street Journal	August 14, 1933	p.6

See also

• Assyrian Genocide
• Assyrian war of independence
• Assyrian Holocaust