Inhuman Massacres

Now a day we hear about the horrific massacres that are taking place all over the world, and no one seems trying to give a help in hand. These inhuman acts need to be stopped or the consequence will be dire on humanity. But are these horrific massacres new to our history? The answer is absolutely no; by looking back in history we will find numerous of heinous massacres, like the massacre of Siege of Baghdad which was done by Khanate Mongol forces led by Halagu Khan, where more than 800,000 individuals were killed. Also in the last century many terrible massacred had happened in Vietnam, and the casualties of it were 1.1 billion individuals. In addition, more than 229,000 civilians were killed in Bosnia war in the nineties of the last century.
And World War II is a devastating international armed conflict that lasted from September,2,1939 until September,2, 1945. This war is considered to be the most expensive war in the history because of the number of countries that were involved and the spread of the war. More than 100 million soldiers attended this war and 60 million individuals have been killed -This was approximately 2.5% of the world population at that time-. During the World War II, countries split into two groups; Allies and Axis powers. The Allies power were led by Great Britain, Belgium, Netherland and France. Meanwhile, the Axis power were under the command of Nazi Germany and the kingdom of Italy. However, France which was a member of the Allies power fell in July, 14 1940 under the German occupation when they were defeated in the battle of France. This defeat was a plague for the Jews who were a minority in France. Jewish population in France at that time was 300,000 people. They were only 0.06% of the overall population of France. Half of them came in exile from Germany in 1933; the same year that Nazis took over Germany. In addition, more than 66% of Jews population in France used to live in Pairs, the same city that Sarah’s key novel took place in. Sarah’s Key is a heart breaking story of young Jewish girl who lived in Paris and her struggles during the
The most popular roundup was Vel ’d’Hiv roundup, which happened between July 16 and 17 1942. The targeted victims were non-French Jews in Paris. This roundup is different from other roundups in terms of the people who were targeted. In the other roundups “only men were in danger, not women and children” as Sarah’s father thought. According Tatiana De Rosnay “More than “13,152 individuals were arrested in Paris and suburbs; 4115 children; 1129 men and; 2916 women”. However, the most surprising thing about this operation is its code name, Spring Breeze. But the real name of this operation as mentioned in historical resource is Vel ‘d’Hiv roundup, which was named after the place the victims were locked up; Velodroum stadium. The stadium was originally used for Olympic sports alongside with some other games like boxing and ice hockey. The stadium was located in the 15th arrondissement Pairs near the Eiffel tower and Sein river, which means that the roundup took place in a residential area and not somewhere hidden from citizens’ sight. This makes French citizens who saw this and didn’t do anything about it part of this operation. But were they all the