Armenian genocide and the Holocaust

Poster in Yerevan put up during the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in 2015, arguing that the Holocaust could have been prevented by condemnation of the Armenian genocide

The relationship between the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust has been discussed by scholars. The majority of scholars believe that there is a direct causal relationship between the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust, however, some of them do not believe that there is a direct causal relationship between the two genocides.

The Holocaust and the Armenian genocide are both considered paradigmatic cases of genocide in the twentieth century.

More generally, scholars have suggested that the perpetrators of the Holocaust were inspired by the Ottoman example and the legacy of impunity, as it is manifest in Hitler's reference to Armenian genocide in a 1939 speech: "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"