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Genocide: The Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, the Rwandan Genocide Flashcards

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Genocide

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The deliberate persecution of a group of people

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Causes of genocide

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Performed by people with a certain bias towards others. They believe they have superiority over these groups.

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Examples of genocide

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Ethnic groups, religious groups, language, and political ideology/lifestyle

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Ethnic groups

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Native Americans (United States); Africans (United States); Armenians (Turks); Tutsis (Hutus)

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Religious groups

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Jews (The Holocaust); Christians (Ancient Rome); Muslims (Palestine)

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Language

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Catalan (Spain); Basque (Spain); Gaelic (Great Britain)

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Political ideology/lifestyle

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LGBTQ+ (Middle East/Holocaust); Communists (Holocaust)

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How did genocide enter our vocabulary?

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Publicity from the Nuremburg Trials, the amount of Jews and others killed in the Holocaust, and the status of Jews in society prior to the Holocaust brought much attention. When the United Nations form, the word “genocide” is created.

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Holocaust

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Hebrew word for slaughter or sacrifice

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Shoah

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The word Jews use to describe the Holocaust

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Jews in Germany before the Holocaust

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Make up 1-2% of the population; most are bankers, merchants, and entertainers in the middle to upper middle class.

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Germany before Hitler

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Known as the Weimar Republic; suffered through hyper inflation; created modern art/culture

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Hyper inflation

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When the prices of goods and services rise uncontrollably over a defined period of time. This usually occurs from a very quick growth in money supply

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Hitler’s rise to power

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Hitler creates the National Socialist Society (Nazis); Hitler goes to jail and writes about his struggles in Mein Kampf (My Struggles), describes the Final Solution (extermination of all Jews)

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The Nuremburg Laws

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Segregates Jews from society: Jews are sent to ghettos, and sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews are illegal

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Three methods of persecution and killing

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Firing squads; work camps; concertation camps

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Firing squads

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One of the earliest methods of killing, but was deemed inefficient

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Work camps

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Death from being overworked and disease

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Concertation camps

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Evaluated upon arrival: one side went to the left, while one side went to the right. One of the sides was gassed

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Gas chambers

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Gassed Jews with poisonous gas (zyklon B) who were deemed unable to work

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Doctor Mengele

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Experimented on humans to find ways to mass kill Jews

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6 million “others”

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Roma, LGBTQ+, Slavs, physically/mentally disabled

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Who are Armenians?

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Live in the Caucus region, Armenia, and some parts of Turkey; vast majority are Christian (Armenian Apostolic Church)

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The Ottoman Empire

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Muslim empire that rose to power in 1453 after conquering the eastern Roman Empire; allowed for freedom of religion, but treated those of different religions as 2nd-class citizens
Territories in Middle East, Northern Africa and eastern Europe

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Age of Imperialism

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European nations begin to conquer countries in Africa and Asia, which threaten Ottoman power and territories

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Ottoman Empire’s nationalism

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Begin to promote Turkish/Islamic culture and values; Armenians become more nationalistic and protest; Ottomans kill about 300,000 protestors

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The Young Turks

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Started a rebellion in 1908; Promised to restore the constitution and create equal rights for all citizens; Armenians support the Young Turks, leading them into power in 1913; however, they broke their promises (bait and switch)

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Russia vs. the Ottoman Empire

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(World War 1 era) Russians are trying to take over Eastern Anatolia, where Armenians live; the Ottomans fear there will be a Russian-Armenian coalition (the enemy of my enemy is my friend; Russia is Christian)

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Two methods of persecution and killing

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Killing by gunfire; sending to the desert

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Killing by gunfire

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Men were killed by this method: it reduced the population, and prevented future generations from being born

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Sent to the desert

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Women and children were killed by this method: died of dehydration, starvation and exhaustion due to no resources

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Reactions to the Armenian Genocide

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Many countries believed helping the Armenians would be seen as an act of war against the Turks

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Modern day denial

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Turkey refuses to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide occurred: it happened during a time of war, the victims were deemed a threat, and they have not been pressed to admit it

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Rwanda

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A French Catholic country located in central Africa: colonized by Germany in the 1800s, however, in 1916, Belgium took over; became independent in 1962

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Population of Rwanda

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84% Hutu; 15% Tutsi; 1% Twa

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Hutu

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Agricultural, worked with crops

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Tutsis

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Worked with cattle

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Twa

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Are pygmies (shorter than average) due to malnutrition

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Belgian perspective on Rwanda

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Tutsis were considered the superior group: were more wealthier due to how profitable cattle were, were taller and lighter-skinned, and more enthusiastic about being Catholic; Belgians governed through Tutsi kings and identify Rwandans’ ethnicities through ID cards

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Rwandan Independence

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Became independent in 1962: this led to several ethnic tensions, and many Tutsis being driven out of Rwanda and into Uganda and Burundi

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Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)

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Comprised of Tutsis in Uganda and Burundi who invaded Rwanda in the 1990s: this leads to a civil war from 1990-1993, which is ended through the Arusha Accords

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Rwandan Genocide

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The accords are not upheld, and a genocide that lasts 100 days begins in 1994, with an estimated 700,000-800,000 victims (Tutsis): Hutus committed the genocide, as they believed it was unfair that a minority group ran the country; propaganda is spread through the radio, ordering Hutus to kill Tutsis; child soldiers are used as ruses to steal UN weapons and as pawns for killing

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Romeo Dallaire

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A UN peace-keeping solder who is sent to Rwanda because he is French-Canadian: after seeing the genocide first hand, he exposes the atrocities to world leaders and urges them to help

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Reaction to the Rwandan Genocide

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USA suffered from Somalia Syndrome (sending thoughts and prayers instead of helping) due to an incident in Somalia after trying to intervene in conflict (death of 18 US soldiers)

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