Holocaust vs Rwandan Genocide
Wenzel Lowe
Period 6
Rwandan Genocide and the Holocaust
Genocide is defined as killing, injuring, giving poor conditions to, preventing births, and transferring children to other groups to a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. This was defined after the widely-known holocaust in 1948. Among the holocaust, genocides include the Rwandan Genocide, Armenian Genocide, and Cambodian Genocide. Two genocides that have striking similarities and differences are the Rwandan Genocide and the Holocaust. The similarities and differences are of the eight stages of genocide.
Classifying is the act of organizing or arranging into groups or classes. Classification is also a stage of genocide. When you classify people in terms of genocide, you put them into specific distinguishable groups. Both the Rwandan Genocide and the Holocaust included this step in their genocides. Jews and Germans were known and people could identify themselves in their countries as Hutus and Tutsis are in Rwanda. Though the way they were classified was not the same. “The Jews, according to Hitler, were the racial opposite[of the Germans], and were actively engaged in an international conspiracy to keep this master race from assuming its rightful position as rulers of the world.” (History Place, P2 Holocaust). The Germans believed the Aryans were a “master” race, Germans who had blonde hair and blue eyes. Jews were those of a Jewish religion and ethnic origin. Though classified as “racial opposites” the Germans also used stereotypes of the Jews. In Rwanda, the victims of the genocide were the Tutsi. “About 600 years ago, Tutsis, a tall, warrior people, moved south from Ethiopia and invaded the homeland of the Hutus.”(CNN P1). The Tutsis were originally classified of their origins and their physical attributes. During the Rwandan Genocide, the classification became much easier with ID cards that stated whether one was Tutsi or Hutu.
Another difference in the two was the organization of the
Period 6
Rwandan Genocide and the Holocaust
Genocide is defined as killing, injuring, giving poor conditions to, preventing births, and transferring children to other groups to a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. This was defined after the widely-known holocaust in 1948. Among the holocaust, genocides include the Rwandan Genocide, Armenian Genocide, and Cambodian Genocide. Two genocides that have striking similarities and differences are the Rwandan Genocide and the Holocaust. The similarities and differences are of the eight stages of genocide.
Classifying is the act of organizing or arranging into groups or classes. Classification is also a stage of genocide. When you classify people in terms of genocide, you put them into specific distinguishable groups. Both the Rwandan Genocide and the Holocaust included this step in their genocides. Jews and Germans were known and people could identify themselves in their countries as Hutus and Tutsis are in Rwanda. Though the way they were classified was not the same. “The Jews, according to Hitler, were the racial opposite[of the Germans], and were actively engaged in an international conspiracy to keep this master race from assuming its rightful position as rulers of the world.” (History Place, P2 Holocaust). The Germans believed the Aryans were a “master” race, Germans who had blonde hair and blue eyes. Jews were those of a Jewish religion and ethnic origin. Though classified as “racial opposites” the Germans also used stereotypes of the Jews. In Rwanda, the victims of the genocide were the Tutsi. “About 600 years ago, Tutsis, a tall, warrior people, moved south from Ethiopia and invaded the homeland of the Hutus.”(CNN P1). The Tutsis were originally classified of their origins and their physical attributes. During the Rwandan Genocide, the classification became much easier with ID cards that stated whether one was Tutsi or Hutu.
Another difference in the two was the organization of the