The major motives behind any genocide are – Power, Psychological resentment, Purification and Pecuniary gain. Rwandan Genocide of 1994 was backed by all of these motives. The carnage had its origin for power and wealth, which once was in the hands of the Tutsis, later on seized by the Hutus after independence of Rwanda from Belgium. To retain this power, the Hutus elites planned this genocide and exercised their ‘Hutu Power’ over the Tutsis on a macro level. The director wisely linked the all main scenes of the movie in a chronological order to shows the clear picture of genocide. For instance, in one scene of the movie when the local militia leader George asked Paul to join the Hutu politics, but the Paul denied; George argues, “Politics is power and money” (Hotel Rwanda). Purification or ethnic cleansing is another major motive behind any massacre. Armenian genocide and the holocaust are the classic examples of the genocides purely effected by this motive. This ethnic and cultural prejudice often results in the creation of 'in-group' and 'out-group' thinking, where members of a group having same race, ideology or identity treats the member of other groups as their enemies or aliens. The belief behind this is that the ‘out groups’ are pollutants and need to be cleansed for the goodness of the society. Unlike the earlier genocides held in years 1959, 1964 and 1973, in which women and children were not killed,…
In the work, War & Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust, Doris Bergen presents a study on the Holocaust that is well-rounded historically, encompassing aspects of society, politics, and military. Furthermore, Bergen uniquely covers many other areas and peoples targeted by the Nazi Regime as well, including the disabled, the Roma, Sinti, and Slavic people, and homosexuals. Although many historians have covered the Holocaust, and World War II and Nazism, Bergen’s work offers clear and distinct coverage that aids the scholar in identifying the political and social settings of the Holocaust and bringing to life the very real people that experienced the Nazi Regime firsthand. In point of fact, Bergen’s own admission is that this was “an…
“The “Darfur Genocide” refers to the current mass slaughter and rape of Darfuri men, women and children in Western Sudan” (“Darfur”).These killings of Darfuri villagers began in 2003 and as of today, over 480,000 have been brutally murdered. This crisis is still ongoing, even though action is being taken by other countries and organizations to stop the violence. Suffering is still constant in Darfur as of today and will not be abolished until peace is ensured in the country (“Darfur”).…
In the article “The Charge: Genocide” by Lydia Polgreen and “Armed & Underage” by Jeffrey Gettleman, a claim that could be made is No real justice is being done for the people. So, Even though people responsible are undergoing investigation, children are still being forced to fight for their government and people are still being threatened by genocide. Including , According to “Armed & Underage” by Jeffrey Gettleman it states, “While the number of conflicts involving child soldiers has dropped since 2004 from 27 to 15, human-rights experts estimate that more than 200,000 children worldwide are still being used as combatants, usually against their will. And it isn't just boys: Girls are often pressed into duty as cooks or messengers. Many are…
Genocide in Uganda has been going on since its independence in 1962, and is still going on today. Because it is such a poor country and the government is abusing its power it is difficult for Uganda to combat genocide. Uganda has suffered many violations to human rights, some of these violations have been government sponsored. The country has experienced forced exile, imprisonment without trial and murders against certain ethnic groups. Milton Obote, Idi Amin and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), led by Joseph Kony, contribute to a large part of the genocide in Uganda. The Genocide in Uganda is a result of misused authority, and a hunger for power, the only way it will be resolved is if people take action and if the government changes it…
Racism is also a problem between the people of Turkey and the Armenians. This is because of the long negative history between Turkey, its Armenian citizens, and Armenia. In 1915, the Turkish government ordered a genocide of its Armenian citizens, which killed 1.5 million of the 2 million Armenians that lived in Turkey at the time (“Armenian genocide”). Moreover, the genocide ended in 1922 and left the country with only 388,000 Armenian people left in Turkey. The Turkish government claims that the killings were necessary and that the Armenians were their enemy. The government does not like to acknowledge that the genocide happened. Therefore it is illegal to talk about the genocide in Turkey.…
Throughout my reading of The Denial of Genocide reading, I was astonished by some of the things that I had not heard before and how ridiculous that were to read after the knowledge I have of the subject. One example is the quote: “Not a single German document has ever been found which refers to an extermination program.” (523.) After taking a holocaust course and watching videos of the Nuremberg trials and the many people sorting through thousands of Nazi documents, makes me question how someone could believe this. On that same page, the author goes on to say “the prisoners of Auschwitz dined to symphony music and there was an Olympic pool at Auschwitz.” (523.) After seeing the pictures, movies, documentaries, and in-person accounts of what…
Although authors like those cited in this paper support and tell the narratives of the victims, many scholars do not and tend to side with the high ranking officials of Turkey, like Lowry and Kandemir. Adalian mentions that “some authors have gone so far as to place the blame for the genocide on the victims themselves, describing the deportations and massacres as self-inflicted…” (p.138). Decisions made by authors to illustrate the Armenian genocide as anything other than a violent tragedy gives the concept of victim blaming the Armenians a life of its own that will continue to live on long passed the authors themselves. Scholars have an extremely important role in the scope of history and justice and that is to paint an accurate picture of…
Between 1915 and 1920 a mass killing occurred in the Ottoman Empire where an estimated 500,000 Armenians were slaughtered. Historians have argued on the causes of these massacres and whether or not the Armenian Massacres should be considered genocide. More specifically, historians argue if the Armenian Massacres were precipitated by Turkish nationalism, Armenian rebellion, or Western and Russian influence. There are two main opposing views in this argument of genocide, the Western view and the Turkish view. The West views these massacres as a genocide carried out by the Ottoman and Turkish governments. Turks argue that these massacres should not be considered genocide and that these massacres were not planned. There seems to be a general consensus…
To start off, “Genocide” is categorized as the action of exterminating a certain ethnicity, race, and or religion. In Sudan, the government and the Janjaweed have classified anyone that gets in their way a problem thus, making them victims. The 8 Stages of genocide explain the steps taken to classify the problems Darfur as a genocide. It's known that after a genocide takes place it's hard for any economy to bounce back. The genocide taking place in Sudan, driven by the negligent government and an active hate group named the Janjaweed. Furthermore, these two organizations have caused thousands of live to be taken and many thousands of helpless people to be displaced and uprooted. There is a range of different reasons for genocide but, they all…
Thesis Statement: Genocide had a huge impact on human life, the jews, and life after genocide. Body Paragraph 1- genocide was a sad thing that happened it impacted humans because they had no money or no where to live when it ended. But while genocide happened people were t today i will be telling you about the genocide that happened in world war 2 during the holocaust. it was a dasture it happened over a long amount of time. Did you know how much people died during this event ?…
The African Nation of Uganda has had a short history, but nonetheless, an eventful one. Since independence, this country known as the “Pearl of Africa” and its people have been terrorised by corrupt, military-based leaders and dictatorships. Idi Amin is one of the most memorable leaders post independence, memorable mostly however for his brutal methods and massive violation of human rights. Idi Amin's power and influence significantly disadvantaged Uganda during his time in office through his brutality and racial genocides. This essay will cover Uganda's history prior to Idi Amin, his contribution to mass genocides from 1971 to 1979, the effect this had socially, politically and economically and arguments as to whether he advantaged or disadvantaged…
To start off, genocides are all about the killings of people and starvation. Stalin believed in taking away the people’s produce, resulting in their starvation. Nobody in their right mind would ever say or think that. Therefore, this will be a great research paper for everyone to read and learn more about genocide. To begin, genocide is a big deal that needs to be talked about and how we are going to fix it. Stalin killed millions, is a saying that everyone says. Now, I will explain the different stages of genocide containing the target group of Joseph Stalin. Finally, the aftermath of the USSR genocide, which is what happens after the genocide ends. Because Stalin felt the Ukraines and the kulaks were a potential threat to his dictatorship,…
Within this paper, the case study chosen is the Rwanda genocide that occurred in 1994, which had ended thousands of lives. This type of crime can be argued that it consists of all three main state crimes being Law violation, Deviance and Social injury. This is due to the fact that this state crime that was committed in 1994, consisted of an ‘ethnic cleansing’ of the Rwandan Tutsis. This violence had occurred between April to June in 1994. This Genocide had been spread all over Rwanda due hate speeches being spread across the country through the radio. One radio station in particular, named Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLMC), used street language and hate speeches towards the Tutsi people. This radio station (RTLM) was established and mostly financed by Hutu extremists, who were mostly from northern Rwanda.…
Millions of people have been killed all the way through history by their government or rulers. There are many reasons to hate them like nationality, race, diversity, religion and ethnicity. Global problems have many causes and effects as well. One of the global problems that have affected the world history is genocide. In 1941 Raphael Lemkin a polish Jewish created the term genocide by combining Greek words “genos” which means race and “cide” which means killing. In history genocide has been repeated several times. Nationalism is one of the major causes of genocide. Nationalism is like faith that people should have with whom they share their culture or religion in order to they can…