Genocide In The 20th Century
Genocide Essay
Over the past century, history has shown that the brutal crimes executed to exterminate a particular group of people are considered among the most traumatic human tragedies. The extreme aggression that people are willing to portray, with the intent of completely destroying a cultural group, is devastating. In 1944, the term genocide was introduced to describe the attempt of erasing an entire population through killing. In particular, there have been multiple occasions in the 20th century that demonstrate the violence towards groups of people. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the 20th century is considered the “century of genocide” because of the massive amount of killing. One of the most well known genocides that occurred during the 20th century was the Holocaust, in which the Germans persecuted and killed thousands of Jewish people in concentration camps. Within years of the end of the Holocaust, the Guatemalan government began what led to the murder of hundreds of Mayan people across Guatemala.
The steps taken towards gathering and supplying all the necessary components to undertake a genocide require lots of conceptual understanding. From past genocides, the rate of success has been significantly impacted by the organization of how the actions will take place. Before the beginning of the Holocaust in 1933, the Germans “used the term "Final Solution" to refer to their plan to annihilate the Jewish people" (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Hitler’s desire of wanting to control Europe led him to establish multiple methods for effectively killing and torturing millions of Jews. The Germans were able to accomplish the “Final …show more content…
The narrator of the memoir, “Witness to Massacre,” Jesus Tecu Osorio, portrays his passion for his family while trying to save his family from being
Over the past century, history has shown that the brutal crimes executed to exterminate a particular group of people are considered among the most traumatic human tragedies. The extreme aggression that people are willing to portray, with the intent of completely destroying a cultural group, is devastating. In 1944, the term genocide was introduced to describe the attempt of erasing an entire population through killing. In particular, there have been multiple occasions in the 20th century that demonstrate the violence towards groups of people. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the 20th century is considered the “century of genocide” because of the massive amount of killing. One of the most well known genocides that occurred during the 20th century was the Holocaust, in which the Germans persecuted and killed thousands of Jewish people in concentration camps. Within years of the end of the Holocaust, the Guatemalan government began what led to the murder of hundreds of Mayan people across Guatemala.
The steps taken towards gathering and supplying all the necessary components to undertake a genocide require lots of conceptual understanding. From past genocides, the rate of success has been significantly impacted by the organization of how the actions will take place. Before the beginning of the Holocaust in 1933, the Germans “used the term "Final Solution" to refer to their plan to annihilate the Jewish people" (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Hitler’s desire of wanting to control Europe led him to establish multiple methods for effectively killing and torturing millions of Jews. The Germans were able to accomplish the “Final …show more content…
The narrator of the memoir, “Witness to Massacre,” Jesus Tecu Osorio, portrays his passion for his family while trying to save his family from being