The Mass Killings : The Holocaust Vs. The Rape Of Nanking

Both genocides were very cruel to their captives and often treated them badly. In both cases of genocide the captives were in concentration camps. They were often shipped off to these camps in big groups and were either forced to work or were killed. In the Jewish Holocaust, they were often sent off by train cars while being packed in the car. It was so crowded that people could not sit down. Some individuals went mad from claustrophobia and lack of food and water(Wiesel 18-21). As they arrived the men and older boys were separated from women and the younger children. They were then sent off and divided into groups of 5 to do labor work. The more unfortunate Jews were gassed and died. In order to save

Throughout The Rape of Nanking, the brutal massacre of thousands of innocent Chinese citizens is brought forth through the invasion of this ancient city taken over by the Imperial Japanese army. Iris Chang illustrates the graphic details of the murder and rape of these victims through the perspectives of different sides of the attack. Chang; furthermore, ties in the mass genocide and destruction displayed throughout the book with the example of the Japanese government’s desperate attempt to cover up the incident and the reluctance of the survivors to discuss it. In addition, the horrifying events of The Rape of Nanking only further motivated an uncontrollable desire for aggression, violence, and imperialism in the Asian community evidently

Jewish people were tortured, abused, and subjected through horrific unfathomable situations by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. Despite all of the unpragmatic hardships Jews all over Europe faced, many stayed true to their faith and religion. There are numerous stories in which Jewish people tried to keep the roots of their religion well knowing the risk of torture and death. The never ending fear of Jewish people living in the Ghettos and trying to survive concentration camps was difficult, but not impossible for the Jews to keep religion.

Throughout these horrible occurrences and innocent deaths they were very similar. They both have common discrepancies but they were liberated in the end. The also showed the terrible

The Holocaust was a mass murder of millions of individuals’ primary to and during World War II. “Only 54 percent of the people surveyed by the Anti- Defamation League (ADL) in a massive, global poll has ever heard of the Holocaust” (Wiener-Bronner). The Holocaust was from 1933-1945 and was run by German leader named Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a man who wanted to create his own race of people. Therefore to create this race, he wiped out anyone who did not have the specific descriptions that he wanted. For people to fit into his race, they had to have blue eyes and blond hair. This excluded the Jews and from then on Hitler slowly dehumanized them. In the concentration camp the first thing they had to pass was the selection test. The selection test was what the SS man (German soldiers) used to determine who was fit for work. Usually children, mothers, and elders were the first to die because they were not mentally fit for the work they were going to be given. People who passed the selection process either died of starvation, disease, fatigue, or assassination. It took twelve years before anyone intervened and by then it was too late for millions of people. Even though over twelve million people died during the Holocaust, genocides have still happened in Rwanda, Darfur and Cambodia.

A key difference between the Holocaust and western imperialism is the means in which they attempted to advance. During western imperialism, the European explorers saw the Native population and wanted to improve Europe through converting them to Christianity, acquiring

Genocide is the destruction of an ethnic, racial, or religious group. The most famous genocide, conducted by the Germans, is the extermination of the Jewish population known as the Holocaust. There are other genocides such as the Armenian or Darfur genocide, but the Holocaust is the one talked about and studied the most around the world today. Museums exist in Washington D.C, Los Angeles, and parts of Europe that focus primarily on this dark time in history. Vast amounts of books, movies, and documents concentrate on the Holocaust. Why is this chapter, between 1939 and 1945, discussed and examined? The answer lies within people who experienced the Holocaust such as Elie Wiesel, Jay Frankston, and Franks Shatz. These men have gone through hell and back, but they believe in one thing. That is, the notion of never again. The goal is to educate future generations on what really happened, so history does not repeat itself. Never again should people of any race, religion, or ethnicity, go through the horrific past of the Holocaust. In their writing, Wiesel, Frankston, and Shatz do a great job using pathos, logos, and ethos to convey their message of never again for future generations.

The Holocaust was one of, if not the worst mass murder in history. The Nazis did one of the most horrifying things you could think of, killing so many innocent people. Many different groups of people other than jews were also victims of this tragic event. Some of those other groups were: LGBTQ individuals, the physically and mentally disabled, slavs, and members of opposing political groups. These groups of people were ripped from their homes and put into concentration camps. The Nazis would either separate them from their family or they would keep them together and they would have to watch the Nazis torture their family and friends. During this very tragic point in history, more than six million Jewish lives were taken, in total there were over 12 million victims of the Holocaust. Not only did this affect the survivors it also affected families of the victims, survivors and anybody else that was connected through this tragedy. The Nazis, came to “power” in January 1933, which was during a time Germany was going through an economic hardship. They believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, were "inferior.” Adolf Hitler played a very big factor in everything that went down. Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party and was also known as the dictator of the Holocaust. The Nazis did have others that were Hitler’s “army” and they took orders from Hitler to do awful things to the victims and they were commonly known as

Another similarity is that the Jews and Tutsis were transported in crowded wagons or cattle cars. There was a horrific experience in Night when the Jews had to fit 80-100 people in the cattle cars with temperatures ranging from below zero degrees in the winter, and up to 108 degrees in the summer. Not only did they have to deal with the weather, they also had little to no room to use the restroom and had to go in the corner of the wagon to relieve themselves. When Elie stated, “The doors were nailed up; the way back was finally cut off. The world was a cattle wagon hermetically sealed” (Wiesel 24)., he was explaining the prison like life he had to live for approximately two years. In Hotel Rwanda, Paul sends his wife, kids, and some Tutsis to escape from Rwanda in the back of a truck. He thinks it is the best decisions for his family. However, when a pack of Hutus approach the truck, they find out that the Tutsis are in the back of it and states to Tatianna (Paul's wife), “What is your name? Move! Get out or I'll shoot you.”Tatianna cannot think or control her emotions whatsoever when her and her children are trapped in a wagon with approximately eighty other Tutsis. Even though it is not as tightly packed as the Holocaust cattle cars, the Jews and the Tutsis both experienced the same trauma of dealing with the enormous amount of people in a tight space, leaving family members behind, and the many experiences of almost getting murdered. They

The term genocide brings awful things to mind. For most, it probably directs their attention towards the Holocaust; this was definitely a gruesome and obvious example of genocide, but there are many others with great similarities that are not very well known. One of these is the decimation of the Native American population by the European settlers and the atrocious things that were done to them such as the trail of tears following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 during the settling of North America. The Holocaust might be the most well known but there have been many other incidents in history just as abhorrent. The Holocaust and Native American Genocide are different in weapons used and the motives for killing but similar in intent,

Six million people wiped off the face of the earth like they were never anything more than a whisper on the wind. The holocaust took the lives of millions of innocent people and the blame can be pointed in numerous directions, but Hitler and the german citizens are the most responsible. After them is the soldiers who ran the camps and collected the people. Next is the people of neighboring cities and nations that sat back and either were not able to do anything or didn’t do something soon enough to help those being torchered and killed. The jewish people, Yahweh, and U.S. citizens are not responsible for the Holocaust. Responsibility for the Holocaust relies on a bunch of people and groups, this is my perception.

The group in power killed anyone they did not like, anyone they wanted to get revenge on, or anyone they did not see as good enough. Both tragedies started with jealousy and ended with the deaths of their rivals. Both persons who started the mass hysteria and mass murder of innocent lives left before the worst of it hit. Once the genocide was in motion, no one could stop the atrocities, even people that were considered to have great power. In both cases we see that neither of them had a valid argument or reason against their rivals. The girls called someone's name and no one questioned their sanity. When Hitler called the Jews inferior, even though it didn't have any real science behind it, people believed what he said and did not question

Eleven million innocent people died and many did not know what they did or why it was happening to them (Rice 11). The Holocaust happened because of the Germans after World War 2 thought that the reason that their economy was falling down was because of Jewish people. The Holocaust followed the Ladder of Prejudice is a started with speech and moved its way up to “The Final Solution” also known as extermination. Hitler did not start with killing Jews. He killed Jews,Gypsies,homosexuals and many more religions or cultural people and Hitler also sent people to concentration camps if they spoke against the Government, then he moved to the Ladder of Prejudice, he used discrimination, physical attack and, extermination.

The world today is still uncertain about the major cause of the Holocaust. Many people have a wide range of opinions on this traumatic topic leaving the identity of those responsible unknown. The real question is who had most to do with being responsible for the holocaust out of the Nazis and the German people. The German’s were said to be manipulated by Hitler’s powerful speeches and propaganda which he used to make himself appear powerful, making the German’s feel as though they had no choice but to elect him as their leader. The Germans worshipped Hitler and demonstrated acts of love and support by celebrating and voting for him. The Germans didn’t hesitate to stop their beloved leader from ordering the Nazi party to wipe out the entire

The Holocaust was one of the biggest genocide in the world. Over 17 million people died in it mostly Jews. There where more things to The Holocaust World War 2, Hitlers rise to power, and Anne Franks Diary. These events all happened at the same time reflecting on one another. The Holocaust was one of the worlds worst events in history.