The term "Holocaust," originally from the Greek word "holokauston" which means "sacrifice by fire," refers to the Nazi's persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people. Beginning on April 6, 1994, Hutus began slaughtering the Tutsis in the African country of Rwanda. Genocide is the systematic destruction of all or part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group. There have been many different other examples of genocide in history. Although there are many common characteristics and themes that occur with all genocides, the Holocaust and Rwanda were different due to aggressors, reasons, and outcomes.
Germans and Nazis were the primary aggressors of the Holocaust, but they could also count on countries such as Slovakia, Hungary and France. Jews and Gypsy were groups targeting during the Holocaust. Very strictly speaking, no religious group was targeted by the Nazis on religious grounds. Perhaps you are thinking of the Jews, but they were targeted as a race; then there were the Jehovah's Witnesses, but they were targeted for 'civil disobedience', not for their religion as such. The Hutus were the aggressors from the Rwanda genocide. The Rwandan Genocide was an armed conflict between the two social castes, the majority Hutu and the minority Tutsi. Now that you know who was involved, next is why they were.
There are many excuses and different stories about what happened during the Hollocaust and the Rwanda genocide. Some people were undesirable by Nazi standards because of who they were,their genetic or cultural origins, or health conditions. Others were Nazi victims because of what they did. It was the explicit aim of Hitler's regime to create a European world both dominated and populated by the "...
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...AK-47s and other automatic weapons, so all these citizens got scared and fled to the DRC. Even though people tried to stop these events they unfortunately were not abled to.
The Holocaust mainly targeted Jews and the Gypsy community, but the Rwanda genocide targeted their own community. Just like the Rwanda genocide, the Holocaust wanted to get rid of a certain population because they were discriminating against that population. No one was successful at stopping these genocides unfortunately even when they tried. The Holocaust and Rwanda were different due to to aggressors, reasonings, and outcomes even though they had common characteristics and themes that occur with all genocides. Throughout the course of 100 days from April 6 to July 16 1994, approximately 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis and some moderate Hutus were massacred in the Rwandan genocide.
In Germany during the holocaust, the evil man was named Adolf Hitler. He forced his opinions on people, and made the opinions become “facts” to those who listened to him. He did this and then caused a massed genocide. In the genocide of Guatemala , the leader of the country wanted to stop a small rebellion, but he ended up doing more than that. He decided to take it to the extreme and kill 166,000 people, people who may have not been involved at all. The difference in their impact was,what happened afterward the genocides. In the holocaust, the society was broken and destroyed. The Jewish survivors were traumatized and looked upon on differently than what they were before. "A hellhole. People were lying all over the place".Eugene remained at Auschwitz Birkenau for around ten days before being selected for slave labour. He was sent by train to the Little Camp at Buchenwald and then on to Dora Mittelbau.” In the other genocide, there was a peace treaty created. The soldiers involved in the genocide that were sent to massacre the mayans were sentenced to 6,060 years in prison, so sentenced for life. Homes and communities were destroyed.”In June 2011, General Héctor Mario López Fuentes was caught and charged with genocide and crimes against humanity. In August 2011, four soldiers were sentenced to 30
This genocide happened because Hitler was put into power with a plan to rule the world. He was smart, he could persuade people, get people on his side, but he was evil. Hitler’s first step at world domination was to attack Israel and the Jewish people. After Germany went into debt after WWI the German economy was garbage. Hitler seen this as an opportunity to gain followers. He told the citizens that all the blame was to go to
Genocide is the killing of an immense number of people that belong to a specific group, race, or religion. From April 7th to July 15th, 1994, in Rwanda, Africa. An estimated 500,000–1,000,000 Tutsi people were murdered. From 1941 to 1945, all across Europe, people who were not of true “Aryan” descent were systematically killed, especially the people of the Jewish religion. Two books that cover each event specifically are Night by Elie Wiesel and From an Ordinary by Paul Rusesabagina.
Can genocide ever be stopped? For decades the UN (United Nations) has tried to abolish all kinds of genocide; unfortunately, we do not believe in equality as a species, and this perfect utopia seems impossible in our day and age. In 1994, during the genocide in Rwanda (one of the bloodiest genocides of all time) the United Nations tried to make a stand and stop this massacre once and for all. Grievously, the UN’s mission terminated due to the lack of resources; the UN military was forced to watch while the genocide continued(Document A). Genocide has been occurring for decades, anything from clans like the KKK to the extermination of Jews during WW2. Genocides happened to a multitude of minorities, ironically, no one has made a considerable stand to stop them. Generally speaking, the abolishing of genocide seems unattainable in our modern day due to 3 reasons: Lack of media attention, Human innate stubbornness, and abominable people.
The Rwandan genocide may have had more people killed in a minute, but the conditions weren’t as nearly as bad as the Holocaust. In Rwanda, if the Hutsus saw a tutsis walking down the street you would be killed immediately. For this genocide, the Hutsus didn’t hold the Tutsis in a camp, make them sleep in horrid conditions, burn them alive, make them work or even put them in gas chambers leading to death. However, the Holocaust was different, if you were a jew you would be treated this way. Hitler would take the Jews into a concentration camp to be worked, starved, and tortured till you become weak and ill proceeding to death.
Genocide is the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group (Merriam-Webster). This is what Hitler did to the six million Jews during the Holocaust, which led to many Jews fighting back. This paper will talk about how the Holocaust victims fought back against Hitler and his army. The Holocaust was a mass killing of Jews and non-Jews who were viewed as unneeded within the world by Adolf Hitler. Hitler became leader of Germany and tortured and killed many people. With Nazi Germany killing and torturing millions of Jews and non-Jews, victims decided to fight back with armed and spiritual resistance.
The Holcaust was the mass murder of over ten million European 'undesireables' between 1941 and 1945 by the Nazi regime. Hitler and his Nazi's established a large number of labor and death camps throughout Nazi occupied countries. A holocaust, by definition, is a mass human slaughter caused by fire. These events Hitler authorized were categorized as a holocaust because after the prisoners in the camps died, or, if they were at a labor camp, close enough to death that they were no longer of any use to the Nazi guards stationed at the camp they were at, the guards would burn the bodies in mass.
History aims to examine the actions and legacy of mankind. The past is filled with the achievements that humans have reached, however, history also shows us the evil that man is capable of. No atrocity against mankind is more heinous than the act of genocide. Genocide is the aim to destroy all (or part of) of a racial, religious, ethnic, or national group of people. This paper will examine two famous cases of genocide in history: The holocaust of Jews and other groups in Nazi Germany, and the destruction of the Congolese people under Belgian colonialism. The Holocaust remains as one of the main legacies of Hitler and the Nazi party, who claimed an estimated 11 million victims, 6 million of which were Jews. Comparatively, the Congolese Genocide
The word “Holocaust”, originated from the words “Holos” meaning whole, and “kaustos” meaning burned. To Adolf Hitler, Jews were an “inferior” race. After years of Nazi rule, Hitler’s “final solution” came under the cover of World War II, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps. Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roman Gypsies, Priests and Pastors, homosexuals, and black children were all victims of the Holocaust. Most of the victims left were from other countries.
The Rwandan Genocide was a terrible event in history caused by a constantly weakening relationship between two groups of people. The country of Rwanda is located in Africa and consists of multiple groups of people. Majority of Rwanda is Hutu, while a smaller amount of people are Tutsis. The genocide started due to multiple events that really stretched the relationship between the two groups to its end. One of the starting factors was at the end of World War 1. Rwanda was a German colony but then was given to Belgium “who favored the minority Tutsis over the Hutus, exacerbated[exacerbating] the tendency of the few to oppress the many”(History.com). This created a feeling of anger towards the Tutsis, because they had much more power then Hutus.
In every genocide, minorities and those who were seen as "different" or as the "other" were targeted and blamed for massive systemic issues in society. This includes religious minorities, or groups of people with religious beliefs different from the mainstream. In the holocaust, the main group that people think of getting murdered are Jewish people. A lot of Polish people were also killed within the holocaust. This includes ethnic and racial minorities, or groups of people who look and and sometimes dress differently in terms of skin color, and sometimes clothes. It is known that Hitler and the Nazis wanted to promote an “Aryan” race, an all-white all-German society. It is clear that he was willing to commit genocide on the basis of race, as well. In the Armenian genocide, the Ottoman empire killed people on the basis of being Armenian. This also actually includes members of the LGBT+ community. During the holocaust, Hitler and the Nazis also gathered up
Genocide is the “deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.” (Dictionary.com, 2010) In 1924, after World War I, Belgian colonists entered Rwanda and allowed the Tutsi dynasty to remain in power. However, after World War II concepts of right and wrong changed. Since the Belgians had been favouring the Tutsis, this change in ethics caused the Belgians to have compassion on the Hutus and promote the Hutu cause, creating tension. (Thompson, 2007) It was the Belgians who cre...
What is a genocide? “Genocide is a deliberate, systematic destruction of racial, cultural or political groups. ”(Feldman 29) What is the Holocaust? “Holocaust, the period between 1933-1945 when Nazi Germany systematically persecuted and murdered millions of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and many other people.
The Rwandan genocide occurred due to the extreme divide between two main groups that were prevalent in Rwanda, the Hutu and the Tutsi. When Rwanda was first settled, the term Tutsi was used to describe those people who owned the most livestock. After the Germans lost control over their colonies after World War I, the Belgians took over and the terms Hutu and Tutsi took on a racial role (Desforges). It soon became mandatory to have an identification card that specified whether or not an individual was a Hutu, Tutsi, or Twa (a minority group in Rwanda). The Tutsi soon gained power through the grant of leadership positions by the Belgians. Later on when Rwanda was tying to gain indepe...
The Rwandan Genocide “It is our responsibility to empower the powerless while giving voice to the voiceless” -(Irwin Cotler “Six Lessons from the Rwandan Genocide”) When the Rwandan Hutu majority betrayed the Tutsi minority, a destructive mass murdering broke out where neighbor turned on neighbor and teachers killed their students; this was the start of a genocide. In this paper I will tell you about the horrors the people of Rwanda had to face while genocide destroyed their homes, and I will also tell you about the mental trauma they still face today. Hutu and Tutsi Origins When Rwanda was first settled, the people there raised cattle, the ones with the most cattle were considered “Tutsi” and everyone else was ‘Hutu”.