Comparing The Holocaust And The Bosnia-Herzegovina Genocide

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The Holocaust is one of the most well known genocides in the world. It was the brutal killing of the Jews. However, the Holocaust wasn’t the only instance of genocide. One instance is the Bosnia-Herzegovina genocide. It started in 1992. Both the Holocaust and the Bosnia-Herzegovina genocide are very similar to one another as they are different.

For both instances, genocide started with a war. The Holocaust started with World War II. The Holocaust lasted for four years. However, The Bosnia-Herzegovina genocide started with its own civil war. It began when Bosnia declared its independence from Yugoslavia. The Bosnia civil war lasted for three years.

As the Holocaust was in play, it started to spread to other countries. It spread to Poland and

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