R.I.P.

Enver Pasha

1881 – 1922

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Minister of War during Armenian Genocide

Ottoman Minister of War and de facto leader of the empire during WWI. Ordered the disarmament and execution of Armenian soldiers, and supported systematic extermination. Blamed military failures on Armenians to justify genocide.

Why They're Here

Co-architect of the Armenian Genocide who used WWI as cover for extermination. His paranoid scapegoating of Armenians for military defeats enabled mass murder.