Escaping the Armenian genocide | Jordan Jonas and Lex Fridman

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Jordan Jonas is a wilderness survival expert, explorer, hunter, guide, and winner of Alone Season 6, a show in which the task is to survive alone in the arctic wilderness longer than anyone else. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest competitors in the history on that show.

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[LexClips]

Guest bio: Jordan Jonas is a wilderness survival expert, explorer, hunter, guide, and winner of Alone Season 6, a show in which the task is to survive alone in the arctic wilderness longer than anyone else. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest competitors in the history on that show.

[kostapaxinos]

As a Greek i wemt to Armenia and to the genocide museum. Armenians, assyrians, and Greeks all are honored there. Beautiful site, but very painful. Turks still deny everytbing

[david]

as a GREEK ARMENIAN thank you for your story

[HaHa-zuzu]

As a descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors, thank you for your story. We will never forget and we will always prosper. 🇦🇲

[dz]

My family lost everything in the Armenian Genocide. Millenia of culture, business and political involvement built from my family gone in the blink of an eye. The denialists should be ashamed of themselves. It's one thing to forget, but to deny the systemic destruction of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek communities in Anatolia is evil - And I don't use that word lightly.

[HayastAnFedayi]

There was not only a systematic genocide against the Armenians/Assyrians/Greeks by the Turks but also in the beginning of the Genocide before attention was turned towards the Assyrian and Greek population, many Assyrians known as Aramaean’s as well, were mistaken for Armenians because of the similar spelling by ignorant Turkish and Kurdish death squads, it was always the plan though to eradicate all three minority groups from the territory of what would become the modern Turkish Republic.

[TheodoreIosifidis-gxqb]

Armenian Assyrian Anatolians(greeks) the only real west Asians

[afjm]

Incredible family history. So sad the pain and hardship so many of our ancestors went through. Really makes you appreciate how good we have it.

[CanarianCanary]

Lex thank you very much for such wonderful guest, I am happy that you cover this topics, thank you guys

[luisnavarro]

What is bonkers is that Turkey and todays' current Turkey PM deny this genocide. Absolute horror. Both Assyrian, Armenian, Greeks were murdered

[armeniandiaspora]

The root causes of the Armenian Genocide are based upon the failure of western powers to allow Armenian independence after 1878. The British did not favor Armenian independence because they feared a Russian foothold in the region. For their effort, the Turks gifted the island of Cyprus to Britain. Rather, under the Treaty of San Stefano, the Russians withdrew from those lands where Armenians lived and the Turks themselves agreed to carry reforms in the 6 Armenian provinces, thus creating the "Armenian Question." In 1914, the Turks agreed to the Armenian Reform Package allowing for a foreign governor, which was a prelude to independence. Knowing this, and in effort to avoid independence, the Turks abolished the Reform Package during their attack on Russia and officially ordered the deportation of Armenians. The intention to kill by the Government was clear per evidence, i.e., telegrams. The Armenians were rounded up just as the Europeans approached Constantinople, fearing a Christian attack. In order to rile up the masses, the Government used anti-Christianity sentiments. The official telegrams by the Minister of Interior indicates that the Government never intended for the deportation of Assyrians (which is why they continue to exist in Mardin, Turkey). So, please, do not conflate the suffering of Assyrians with the Government's intention to annihilate Armenians. There were 2 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (20% of the population). Thank you.

[arishok]

Millions of Armenians, Greeks and Assirians have same kind of stories yet Turkey doesn't accept what they did.

[mgs]

And Turkish empire is still ignoring it, not to mention there so called democratic American Turkish newspaper in America

[MkryanRealEstateLA]

We can all agree we can call it Christian Genocide even though Armenians Took the heavy hit and were clensed from their own land, it would be more supporting from international players if we call it Christian Genocide and included Greeks Assyrians and all Chiratian Groups that were victim to this Genocide

[VanWilshere]

The title should be renamed “Assyrian genocide” as Jordan is specifically mentioning the Assyrians that were murdered during the genocide. Although happening at the same time, there are different nuances that make the genocide different.

[stuffguy]

Im a Jew and my wife is Armenian-Assyrian.. ❤

[PharmacyAve]

Armenians should return to their lands like Kilikia and Van

[upgrade]

My grandfather was US military wrongfully imprisoned in Turkey. He ended up becoming great friends with the general /president of Turkey for many years. It was a crazy unlikely friendship. they would fly around on his private jet. My mother was born in Turkey. It saddens me to hear that the relations with turkey is not what it should be. God bless humanity. We’re sick of these wars..

[annan]

What amazing survival stories!

It's so terrible What people do to each other. My grandparents survival stories from Poland WWII bring me strength as well.
Thank you for sharing ❤

[kostaskarras]

The word Genocide is born and first used to describe the Turks monstrosities against Armenian and Greek populations. Genocide is the first official act of the newborn Turkish state after the collapse of the ottoman empire. Germans inspired and guided the Turks to these tactics, tha were later perfected in ww2 against the jews and eastern europeans.