In 1915, German pacifist Armin T. Wegner was dispatched to Anatolia with the German Red Cross. As a member of the Sanitary Corps, Armin carried a stretcher instead of a gun and wore a Turkish Red Cross uniform. That’s what allowed him to witness the life and death of the Armenians who were imprisoned in refugee camps. During his time there, Armin photographed what he saw in effort to warn the world of the forced removal and killing of the Armenians. His efforts proved little result but the lessons of being a witness never left him and two decades later when the pre-genocidal actions were taken against the Jews in Germany, Armin wrote an open letter to Hitler imploring him to stop what he was doing. In this episode of The Memory Generation, Stephen Smith explores Armin's legacy as an unknown giant of history who teaches us that our work to reduce violence and suffering in our world is not always about success, but about being willing to try.