GENOCIDE

Question 0

How is it committed?

Answer 0

1. Killing
2. Serious bodily or mental harm
3. Inflicting conditions designed to bring destruction of the group
4. Prevent births within a group
5. Remove children from the group

Question 1

What is genocide?

Answer 1

A systematic murder of a specific religious group or ethnic group

Question 2

Raphael Lemkin

Answer 2

Polish Legal Scholar devised the term genocide
•First to acknowledge Armenia Genocide, case of soghoman telhirian
•Banned from Madrid Conference for talking about the Armenia genocide

Question 3

Role of International community?

genocide convention:legal responsibility

Answer 3

1. A person that commits a crime under international law will be responsible
2. State doesn’t have a law against act, but international community does the person will be held responsible
3. Ones position in gov., head of state, does not provide exemption from being held responsible
4. Simply following a direct order, does not provide exemption from punishment-moral choice was possible

Question 4

Early Anti-Semitism (Writings, Church Councils, myths)?

Answer 4

•Conflicts between Jews&Jews
-Sabbath
-Blasphamy
-Jesus Crucified
•Synod of Elvia,Trulanic Synod,Third Lateran
-Prohibition of Marriage/Eating Together
-Prohibition Christians from living in Jewish homes
-Christians Dr.'s cannot treat Jews
•Myths
-Christ Killers
-Host Desecration
-Black Death
-Ritual Cannibalism

Question 5

Stages of Genocide

Answer 5

Classification
Symbolism
Dehumanization
Organization
Polarization
Preparation 
Extermination
Denial

Question 6

Impact of Nuremberg Trials?

Answer 6

24 Nazi’s put on trial
-charged w/ crimes against peace, humanity, & rules against war.
-Nazi’s argued the could not be convicted
This lead to the Genocide Convention by Truman however the senate did not understand and feared their past actions could be looked as genocide