Genocide Process

Today, the Holocaust is considered “genocide,” a word that was first coined in 1944 by a lawyer by the name of

“As defined in article 2 of the Convention of the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide, genocide is any act with intent to liquidate a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group” (“Office of the UN...”1) . Genocide has been an issue around the world for several centuries, and sadly it continues to this day. There is one specific genocide that many historians study, the forced evacuation of the Chechens. Although this may be classified as a relocation, it was declared an act of genocide by the European Parliament in 2004 (Brauer and “Office of the UN…”).

Government has an enormous amount of power in society that they can influence their citizens to do many harmful and positive things. Most people in the society are given some freedoms with a return of peace and respect to the government. Providing this information, after a long time of planning and practicing, the government can win their citizens over and have them do harmful things that the citizens think are right. The 8 Stages of Genocide, (Source B) are the stages that separate a group of people from society and then viewed lower than everyone else in the society. In The Dairy of Anne Frank, (Source A) the Gestapo's, or the German police, which are part of the government treated the Jewish people very roughly and took them to camps to

During World War I, the government of Turkey sought to rid their country of the Armenians. The Turks and other ethnic groups hated the Armenians for their ability to prosper, even as a minority group with limited rights. This hatred led to the desire to cleanse the Ottoman Empire of Armenian influence. The Turkish people say that the Ottoman empire went through a civil war during this time, which explains the deaths of so many Armenians. Although the Turks claim otherwise, the treatment of the Armenian people during World War I qualifies as a genocide through scale, government involvement, and the usage of the genocide process.

¬¬Marissa Bracey World History and Voices Ms. Phillips & Mr. Cline May 5, 2015 Holodomor: The Eight stages of Genocide Genocide is a term that was created in 1944 to describe violence against a specific ethnical, racial, national, or religious group with the intent to destroy or wipe out that entire group. This is an unfortunate event that has caused millions of casualties and left even more in grief. The famine-genocide of Ukraine took place over the span of 16 long years, killing over 7 million farmers and families, over one third of the lives lost were children. Joseph Stalin is to blame for the horrors caused in Ukraine, his communist ways and power hungry drive allowed him to force millions of farmers out of their land and into poverty.

How is it possible that after decades filled with thousands of deaths due to genocide, it still occurs to this day? For instance, Rwandan and Jewish families were torn apart, along with the hundreds of precious treasures and memories of each individual. During the Holocaust, over six million jews were killed;in addition, throughout the Rwandan genocide more than eight hundred thousand Rwandans were killed. Therefore, with these prior fatalities, it is the duty of upcoming generations to unite and put an end to genocide and prevent similar acts from taking place. Genocide strips the innocent lives of families; genocide is known as an act of the intentional mass murder of people, usually those who pertain to a specific race or religion. Punishing

The Holocaust was one of the biggest organized massacres in human history; we even had to define such an event because it was unlike any other crime in history. Sadly, our modern era brings more genocides like the Holocaust. Genocides continue to happen today, like the Al-Anfal campaign. The Al-Anfal campaign was a genocide of the Kurdish people and, like most genocides, little or nothing was done to help. These modern day massacres create an imminent need of external interference. The U.N. can’t, and maybe won’t, stop genocide and all we can do is identify early warning signs and try to prevent them. Genocides are not something that can be resolved by themselves and we can see this in the Kurdish genocide. The Al-Anfal campaign is proof that something must be done to keep genocide from occurring.

In the past 150 years, tens of millions of men, women and children have lost their lives to ethnic cleansing or genocide. Although the definition is often scrutinized, according to Merriam Webster, "Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group". The most notable event associated with the term is the Holocaust. Stated by Judah Gribets, Edward Greenstein and Regina Stein, "nearly six million Jews fell victim to genocide during the years of the Holocaust". Of This number, one million were children who were unable to take care of themselves. People's hopes and dreams for the future were stripped from them, and many families were ripped apart. Many of these people were tortured or raped

When was the last time you sat down, evaluated your life and previous experiences, and thought about how fortunate you are to be alive and have all these people and possessions by your side? After reading the story, “Left to Tell,” by Immaculée Ilibagiza and “Girls of Jihad: Western Women and the Lure of ISI,” by Erick Stakelbeck, I understood the tragedy of genocide, as well as how other humans have little to no value of life. In this paper, I will provide a comparison and contrast of the genocide in Rwanda of the Tutsi by the Hutus, as well as the ongoing current genocide of the Christians, Shites, and Yazidi minorities by the different factions of ISIS, which consisted of Al- Nusra, Al- Qaeda, and Al Shebab. Genocide is also always combined

In Rwanda during 1994 Genocide happened between the Hutus and Tutsis. Hutus and Tutsis had disagreements on who will have power which effected the whole population of Rwanda. This leads to the question why there is Genocide in Rwanda? Genocide happened by two clans who caused mass causalities. Others did little to help which caused Genocide to happen in Rwanda.

Genocide, a dire event, has been recurring time and time again throughout history. In the past, there was the Holocaust, where Hitler exterminated over six million Jews based on his anti-semitic views. Elie Wiesel, a Jewish author, has become a very influential man in educating the world of the true events of the Holocaust due to his involvement in the disaster. Presently, a genocide is occurring in the Darfur region of southern Sudan, in which according to Cheryl Goldmark, “a systematic slaughter of non-Arab residents at the the hands of Arab militiamen called Janjaweed” has been taking place since 2003. (1) Not only is genocide a tragic historical event, it also continuously occurs today.

The "intent to destroy" certain groups is unique to the characterisation of genocide. Closely related categories of international law "crimes touching humanity" aredescribed as adverse or calculated attacks against citizens.This timeline marks the growth of the term "genocide" and its systematization into international law.

The number of Native Americans throughout American from the time of the Europeans arriving to now has dramatically dropped. As churchill argues in, A Little Matter of Genocide, it was not just a coincidence so many of these indigenous people died, it was genocide. Genocide is the deliberate killing attempt to wipe out a religion, race, or culture of people. However, it was not all Europeans who participated in this effort to kill off the natives.

Since the world's first existence there has been many examples of genocide, and unfortunately there will most likely be many more. With genocide many people will die, when there is an example of genocide you would hope and expect that other countries will help and relieve the pain that genocide has done. With crimes against humanity we wonder what extent should nations respond to situations that involve crimes against humanity and genocide. Some of the most known example of genocide would be the US dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The holocaust which killed over 6 million jews. And the events that happened in Rwanda where the hutus killed over 800 000 tutsi in a span of 100 days. These are only a few of the many tragic events of crimes against humanity that have occurred over the thousands of years that humans have roamed the earth.

Collective behaviour can be separated into two divisions, crowds and masses, which can be further subdivided, one of the most dangerous being an acting crowd. During World War II, an acting crowd known as the Nazi party brought forward the massacre of millions. After the war, in 1943 Raphael Lemkin, a Jewish-Polish lawyer, created the term genocide to describe the mass extermination of various groups. He combined Latin word “genos” (race or tribe) with another Latin term “cide” (to kill). After the holocaust, Dr. Lemkin fought for the recognition of genocide under international law. Thanks to his efforts, the UN Convention of Genocide was created. (Analysis: Defining Genocide 2) Today, genocide is seen as one of the most heinous crimes