Compare And Contrast: The Armenian And Cambodian Genocide

Genocide is a sin from our past that now still plagues us in our modern world. In our modern world, we cannot even imagine how it would be to be part of a genocide. However, many people still experience it today. We must learn to accept the diversity that flourishes in our world and see differences and respect that no one is the same. Through respect for our fellow man we can work to stop genocide. Genocide has destroyed many people, millions of people, and we, as humans, must stop this unforgivable act and ensure that future generations will never experience it. The holocaust is one of the best-known genocides in the world. However, it is not the only one that occurred. Others like the Armenian and the Cambodian genocides are similar and are all crimes against humanity. The Armenian, the Holocaust and the Cambodian genocides are all alike in that the death toll was not only unspecific because of the amount of people killed but the death toll is in the millions. All three of the genocides resulted in the dehumanization of Armenians, Jews and Cambodians; forced to live in terrible conditions, exposed to disease and harsh weather and killed unless they worked until exhaustion. In all these genocides children were not spared from harsh treatment and were killed for no other reason than that they could not work and that the persecutors wanted to exterminate the group
Stanton, the stages of genocide are listed and described in detail. The Armenian, the Holocaust and the Cambodian genocides all follow the eight stages of genocide. All start with Intent to directly persecute certain groups. Stanton says “Genocidal intent is determined by the specific purpose of the act: Did the killer purposely kill the victim as part of a plan to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group…” (2) All three genocides follow this and are organized and when it was over denial of it led to documents being burned and evidence