Essay Comparing Genocide Vs Holocaust

As one sets out to contrast genocides and holocausts, it is difficult to remain objective. Yes, there are differences, mainly semantic, between these two horrible acts. However, the fact remains that both terms are used to describe massive killings done with the intention of destroying an entire race of people. Genocides and holocausts are nauseating both in motivation and in the scale of their destruction. Both should never, ever happen again. The Holocaust began in 1933, when Adolf Hitler went into power, and ended in 1945. There was an estimated 11 million people killed in the Holocaust, 6 million of these people were Jews. They Nazis did not only target the Jews, they also targeted Gypsies, Homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and the disabled. Nazis killed approximately two-thirds of all the Jews in Europe and an estimated 1.1 million children were murdered in the Holocaust. The Rwanda
In Night, It seemed like the people got to stay with some of their family. Also, nobody was there to help the jews, and Paul was there to help the Tutsis. The Holocaust lasted for a much longer time than the Rwandan Genocide, The Holocaust lasted 3-4 years, and the Rwandan Genocide lasted 3-4 months. One very big difference is their reasonings. The Nazis used jews as the reason for Germany’s poverty so they decided to try and eliminate the Jewish population from germany. In the case of the Rwandan Genocide, when the Tutsis were given power over Rwanda, the Hutus believed they were a more superior race, so they started attacking the Tutsis. The Location was also different, Holocaust in Europe, Rwandan Genocide in Africa. The Nazis tried to hide what they were doing from the public, the Hutus did not. While it was still catastrophic and enormous amounts of people were killed in unethical ways, many of the women and children’s lives were, however, spared by being