Henry Morgenthau
American diplomat (1856-1946) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 90
Henry Morgenthau was a German-born American lawyer and businessman, best known for his role as the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
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Morgenthau, Samuel Train Dutton and Cleveland Hoadley Dodge in 1916
A telegram written by Morgenthau to the State Department in 1915 described the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as a "campaign of race extermination."
Morgenthau's Story, 1918
Morgenthau on a 2015 Armenian stamp from the series "Centennial of the Armenian Genocide". In the background is the telegram (in strip form pasted onto a page) pictured above.About this person
Morgenthau was one of the most prominent Americans who spoke about the Greek genocide and the Armenian genocide of which he stated, "I am firmly convinced that this is the greatest crime of the ages."
