of study outline Name of student: Hugo Wong Class: 6A Class no.: 36 Selected elective (please put in the appropriate box): Comparative studies Issue-based studies □ Local heritage studies □ Title Compare the characteristics and impacts of the two genocides - the Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide Study outline Genocide is a specific term that refers to the violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the group. The reasons of genocide can be classified
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During the Armenian genocide there was a loss of 1‚500‚000 lives. By 1923‚ the entire landmass of Asia minor and historic Armenia had been erased or removed completely of its population of Armenians. The amount of lives loss left a devastating mark on the Armenian culture‚ and almost completely demolished the Armenian culture‚ forever. Although the Turkish government kept the genocide of the Armenians secret from the rest of the world‚ the genocide was still a result of an unethical society because
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acts of genocide known to man. People do not believe the Holocaust should be classified as genocide. The Holocaust should be considered an example of genocide based on the UN’s definition‚ the stages of genocide‚ and the specific evidence provided in the memoir Night. First‚ one reason Holocaust should be considered an act of genocide is because of the UN’s definition of the crime. In article one‚ corruption on prevention and punishment of crime of genocide
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Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo Abstract As a criminal investigator‚ I choose to view the genocide that occurred in Bosnia -Herzegovina and Kosovo as plain ordinary murder‚ albeit murder on a massive scale and murder that has many different types of victims. In this paper I tried to outline some of the background of the country and its people attempting to show these events as a crime scene. Introduction The purpose of this paper was to inform of the genocides that took
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Genocide is defined as deliberate killing of a large group of people‚ especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. One genocide that is documented in history is the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda. The genocidal campaign was led by Hutu extremists in 1994. By examining the timeline‚ number of deaths‚ and the weapons used‚ it is clear that the Rwandan Genocide was one of the worst in history. There were two sides in the genocide. The Hutus‚ who were the perpetrators; and the Tutsis‚
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Nanking Genocide The Nanking genocide happened because of an intense hatred between the Chinese and the Japanese. During the Nanking genocide around 40‚000 to 300‚000 people died during the Nanking genocide. This genocide happened over a period of 6 weeks starting December 13‚ 1937. It was very obvious that the Nanking genocide was devastating. The Nanking genocide went through 4 of the 8 stages of genocide. The first stage they went through was classification. Before any of the big problems had
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19‚ 2014 AP Euro History / Per.1 The Armenian Genocide “We are few‚ but we are called Armenians”‚ is a quote from Paruyr Sevag’s poem. Who are the Armenians? They are an ancient people‚ who inhabited the highland region between the Black‚ Caspian‚ and Mediterranean Seas for nearly 3‚000 years. Is it absolutely necessary to eliminate the Armenian people in it’s entirely‚ so that there is no further Armenian on this earth? When people think of genocide why do they only think of the Jewish Holocaust
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The Causes of Genocide: WWI World War I was the deadliest war of the 20th century resulting in a death toll of around 16 million and over 20 million injured. However‚ this deadly conflict cannot be blamed on solely one country‚ but on many different countries that used imperialism and nationalism to their personal gain. The outbreak of WWI was primarily due to the tensions created by nationalistic ideas‚ imperialistic actions taken by many European countries‚ and militarism which is a combination
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Name Mr. McCann Honors World History 22 March 2014 Genocides of the Twentieth Century Genocide is defined in Article 2 of the Convention of the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide (1948) as “any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy‚ in a whole or in part‚ a national‚ ethnical‚ racial‚ or religious group; as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring
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genocidal events in the past century‚ has sparked many awareness programs to prevent another event of similar nature from happening again. Genocide is the act of deliberately killing a large group of people‚ especially those of a similar ethnic group or nation. These awareness efforts in recent years have lead historians to ask: Why does genocide occur? Often‚ genocide is the product of political and ethnic tensions
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