In Memoriam des Genozids an den Tscherkessen

Am 21. Mai gedenken die Tscherkessen des gezielten Massemordes durch russische Truppen, dem geschätzte 1,5 Millionen Menschen zum Opfer fielen. Das einzige Museum, das an diesen Genozid erinnert befindet sich heute in Kfar Kamra in Israel, denn viele der Überlebenden flohen damals ins Osmanische Reich und so leben auch heute tescherkessische Minderheiten etwa in Israel oder Jordanien.

Diana Ishaqat erinnert in einem Artikel an das Schicksal der Tscherkessen:

Between the 1763 to 1864, the Circassians, an indigenous ethnic group from north Caucasus, and one of the oldest existing nations, were subject to mass murder and systematic ethnic cleanse.

Every generation of the descendants of the Genocide survivors, in at least one part of the world, were subject to mass deportation and displacement.

A million and a half natives were killed, which makes up for more than third of the population at that time. 90% of the survivors were forcibly sent to the exile, mostly to what used to be the ottoman empire, where thousands more perished from hunger, disease, and exhaustion.

Imagine over a hundred years of organized efforts to erase an entire nation from existence. This would only be the start of the cycle of violence. History continues to repeat itself, to this very day.

Every generation of the descendants of the Genocide survivors, in at least one part of the world, were subject to mass deportation and displacement.

In more recent history, this includes forced settlement and population displacement campaigns during the rule of the soviet union, the events of the yugoslav wars, the six days war, and now, the same floating coffins are being taken by the Syrian Circassians to escape the civil war in Syria.

These events led to an overlooked, tragic aftermath. Many Circassian families can trace two to three forcibly displaced generations.

Siehe auch: 150 Years Ago, Sochi Was the Site of a Horrific Ethnic Cleansing