In his book , De Nogales recounts the massacres of the Armenian population in Van during the Armenian Genocide and wrote : Nogales Méndez reported that the civil authorities found it preferable to murder at night with the help of local Kurds . When visiting Aghtamar , an island in Lake Van where the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross is located , he notes that he uncovered the corpses of many priests
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Rafael de Nogales Méndez