Henry Morgenthau, Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, recounts a conversation with Mehmed Talaat regarding the fate of Armenians.
Brief biography of Morgenthau:
Henry Morgenthau was born into a wealthy Jewish family in 1891 in New York City. After finishing his education, he joined Woodrow Wilson's presidential campaign in 1913. When Wilson became president, he chose Morgenthau to be the United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Morgenthau served there during World War I and witnessed the Armenian Genocide.
Seeing unspeakable things happening to Armenians deeply affected Morgenthau. Despite facing challenges from the Ottoman government, he used his position to speak up for the Armenians and to let the world know about the genocide. He worked hard to give aid to Armenian refugees and urged the Ottoman government to stop the violence.
Morgenthau's efforts to bring attention to the Armenian Genocide were important in making people around the world aware of what was happening. His writings, like "Ambassador Morgenthau's Story," helped document the genocide.
His time in the Ottoman Empire influenced Morgenthau's belief in helping those in need, leading him to advocate for oppressed people in different parts of the world later in his life.