Cynthia Bahorich Extended Essay Introduction When Pol Pot took over Cambodia‚ it was one of the most horrible genocides next to the Holocaust‚ in the 1970’s; this was a big part of history. In March 1970‚ Marshal Lon Nol‚ a Cambodian politician who had previously served as prime minister‚ and his pro-American associates staged a successful overthrow to depose Prince Sihanouk as head of state. At this time‚ the Khmer Rouge had gained members and was positioned to become a major player in the civil
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Darfur and Rwandan Genocides Comparison The Quest to maintain power has been responsible for some of the worst human actions in history‚ including genocides.The Rwandan Genocide was the massive killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda’s Tutsis and Hutu over about 100 days. Political figure Juvenal Habyarimana‚ the President at the time‚ died in a plane crash. The Hutu blamed it on the Tutsi claiming it as assassination. Out of fear of being defenceless‚ the Huti tribe set out to destroy
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“What is Genocide?” The term genocide has been one of the most used terms in many on-going debates since the early 20th century. The Holocaust‚ which took place during World War II‚ is one of the most common cases of acts of genocide and is a main reason why the term genocide exists. Other widely known cases of genocide are the Rwandan genocide and the Armenian genocide. The question‚ however‚ that many historians and those with interests in genocide ask‚ is exactly what is genocide? Since first
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Genocide As stated by the United Nations Genocide Convention‚ genocide is a coordinated plan to destroy‚ in whole or in part‚ a national‚ ethnic‚ racial‚ or religious group‚ by killing‚ causing serious bodily or mental harm‚ inflicting conditions designed to bring about its destruction‚ preventing births within the group ‚ or removing children from the group. The term did not exist until Raphael Lemkin devised the word in 1944. Therefore there was no legal mechanism for the international community
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When people hear the word genocide‚ the first thing that comes to their mind is probably The Holocaust; unfortunately there are many more genocides that not many people know about. The Holocaust was a tragic genocide in which six million Jews were murdered by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi soldiers‚ and for what reason? Sadly there is no valid reason other than the fact that they were just Jewish and Hitler didn’t like that. Genocide is when a large group of people are murdered because of their beliefs
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1. Introduction 1.1 What was the Holocaust? The word Holocaust means the destruction or slaughter on a mass scale‚ especially caused by fire or nuclear war. This was an accurate use of the term because The Holocaust was a systematic destruction and extermination of Jews and other lesser people on a mass scale. Hitler’s Genocide only reached European countries before he was stopped‚ however if he had been allowed to continue on his war path he would have wiped out entire cultures with no remorse
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The Bosnian War was an international arms conflict that involved 2 main sides‚ the Republika Srpska‚ and Herzeg-Bosnia. The Republika Srpska would show very little sympathy towards the Non-Serb population of cities they would occupy. 1995 of the Bosnian War reached its most violent climax‚ Bosnian Serb Forces in occupied Srebrenica began an ethnic cleansing of the Non-Serb population‚ and massacred more than 8000 people. Many generals and other people of high class within the Republika Srpska were
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some of the Jews were during the Holocaust. Lord of The Flies by William Golding is an allegory for World War II. Each character symbolizes a character in the war and the social power they represent. The Holocaust survivors resembled Ralph’s story and how he was trapped in the island but was innocent‚ along with the others. Some of the actions that took place in Lord of The Flies are parallel to the events that happened during the Holocaust. Ralph and the holocaust survivors will be compared to. Lord
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What do you think is the best definition of genocide? Justify your answer in relation to the scholarship and arguments that have most influenced your thinking. Genocide is a term defined by legal‚ scholar and social professionals in vastly different views ranging from board to narrow. The trail to adequately define this complex act has dominated discussions and debates since the term’s development in 1943 by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in his publication Axis Rule in Occupied Europe 1944. By reading
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The History of the Holocaust: The Holocaust was a mass genocide committed by Nazi Germany that began on January 30‚ 1933‚ the history behind‚ we’ll discover. This all started with Adolf Hitler and his views on Jewish people‚ he saw them as an inferior race and scapegoated them for Germany’s defeat in 1918‚ a threat to Germans. Germany had now ruled now‚ persecuting Jews as they come and go; but Hitler had now wanted to exterminate their entire race. He was going to do this with mass killing centers
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