The Eastern Front , as the site of nearly all extermination camps , death Death marches , ghettos , and the majority of pogroms , was central to the Holocaust .

The Ottoman reaction to the takeover saw Self_motion further massacres Killing and pogroms of 6,000 Armenians living in Constantinople and also Hamid threatening to level the entire building Building itself .

Nevertheless , aside from issuing Creating a note condemning Judgment_communication the pogroms in the city , the European powers did not act on their promises to enforce Action reforms Reforming_a_system in the country as future massacres Killing of Armenians continued to take place Process_start .

Despite the war 's short duration , it was marked Recording by widespread destruction and extensive ethnic violence Violence , with hundreds of thousands killed Killing in the fighting Hostile_encounter and accompanying pogroms .