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Leonardo Becerra



The Holocaust



September 20, 2010



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Leonardo Becerra  Period 3  9.18.10 Genocide Research Paper(rough draft)

 What or who do you think about when you hear the word “Genocide”? A lot of people think its just a group of people killing another group of people. That’s partly true, but there a 8 gruesome steps to genocide. What happened in Germany was a genocide because the Jews went through the 8 stages of Genocide.

 The Holocaust, was one of the biggest genocides in world history. There was three major events that happened in Germany, Adolf Hitler took command, with his commands millions of Jews were killed by Nazi‘s, and from fear of death, Hitler killed himself. There was two groups of people during the Holocaust. The victims, which were the Jews, and the perpetrators, which were the Nazi’s. Adolf Hitler, with the Nazi’s under his command, tried to wipe out the Jewish population because Hitler believed that the Jews were to blame for the loss of the war and for Germany’s economic hardships, he also believed that Jews were not human. The Holocaust occurred during the years of 1941- 1945. In those times, Christianity was the preferred religion.

 The definition of Genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination, of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. In Germany, during the years of 1941-1945. In those 4 years, Hitler managed to kill 6 million Jews. The first stage of genocide is classification, meaning to distinguish people into “us and them”. To classify Jewish people, Hitler called them Jews. The second step is Symbolization, where they give names or other symbols to identify the Jews. To identify them, Hitler made a law, that Jews had to wear a Yellow star on their clothing. Next, the third stage, is Dehumanization, where in this case, the Nazi’s and their leader, Hitler denied that Jews were even human. The next stage is Organization. Hitler had planned out the extermination of Jews before the Holocaust even started. A genocide is always organized. Into groups of militias. After that stage is Polarization, where extremists, such as Nazi’s, try to separate the Jews from Non- Jews. They made laws so Jews could not marry Non- Jews or have social interaction either. Then, its Preparation, where the victims are separated, out because of race or religious reasons. After is Extermination, which happens quickly, is the mass killing, legally called a “genocide.” To the killers its “extermination” because they do not believe that their victims are human, so they “exterminate” them. The last and final stage is denial, where the leader or the killers, deny that anything happened, they dig up mass graves, burn the bodies, and they cover up any evidence and intimidate witnesses.

 The 1st stage of genocide is Classification. Classification is when Hitler categorized the Jews by their religion and race. He decided that the Jews were to blame for the loss of the war and Germany’s economic hardships. To classify Jews, Hitler made a law where Jews were separated from other ethnicities, which humiliated the Jews. The 2nd stage of genocide is Symbolization. Symbolization is to give names or other symbols to the race or religious group. In Germany, Hitler passed a law where all Jews were to wear a yellow star of David on their clothing, any Jew found without one, would be shot and killed. Thus, the Holocaust meets the stages of Classification and Symbolization.

 The 3rd stage of genocide is Dehumanization. Dehumanization is when humans are discriminated against and are treated like animals. In Germany, Jews were given names and symbols to identify who they were and their religion. Nazi’s would spit at the Jews and call them names. The 4th stage of Genocide is organization. Organization is when groups are separated based on health, age, race, gender, and religion. In Germany, Jews were separated into labor- camps and concentration camps. They were either put to work, or sent to a crematory to be burned to death. Therefore, the Holocaust meets the stages of Dehumanization and Organization.

 The 5th stage of genocide is Polarization. Polarization is when extremists try to separate the victims from the society. They cannot be married with non- Jews or have social interaction with them. In this case, Nazi’s dedicated their time to separate the Jews completely from society, by creating laws that forbid Jews to socially interact with a non- Jew. If they did, they would be shot. The 6th stage of genocide is Preparation. Preparation is where the society is separated by race and religion. The victims are forced to wear symbols to identify their race or religion. They were also put in concentration camps and hard-labor camps, such as Auschwitz. In Germany, the Jews were put in ghettos, and from there, they were deported to camps. Some concentration camps, others hard- labor camps. They had selections at the camps. If you could work and you were a man, you were sent to work. If you were a woman, you’d be sent to a gas chamber. These concrete details, tell that the Holocaust does meet the stages of Polarization and Preparation. The next stage is gruesome.

 The 7th stage is Extermination, the most terrible stage of them all. Extermination is the quick, mass killings legally called a “genocide” but to the killers it is “extermination” because they believed that the victims are not fully human. In Germany, since Hitler was in command, he formed with the armed forces to do the killings of millions of Jews, six million Jews to be exact. The 8th and final stage is Denial. Denial is the stage that always follows a genocide. The leaders of the genocide and those in it, hide the evidence and dig up the mass graves and burn the bodies. They also blame what happened on the victims. In Germany, the Nazi’s denied that they killed the Jews for no reason. They also made the working Jews burn the bodies and dig up the mass graves. Then the witnesses were killed. Thus, the Holocaust meets the stages of Extermination and Denial.

 In conclusion, The Holocaust that occurred in Germany, during 4 years, between 1941 and 1945, was a genocide, according to the eight stages of genocide. The Nazi’s planned it out, they separated, they organized, they murdered, and they denied, the mass killings of 6 million Jews.

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Gaby Sarellano September 20, 2010 group #4 per. 3

HOLOCAUST When you think about the holocaust what do think about? Do you think about the thousands of life’s the Germans took from the Jews or a great evil convincing mastermind named Adolf Hitler. The holocaust all began in 1941. Hitler had invaded Poland in 1941 around the same time Hitler decided to release a “Final Solution” to the Jew question. The “Final Solution” resulted in over 1,000,000 Jews and other people. Most had been killed in gas chambers in concentration camps. Jews were not the only ones Hitler had hatred on but Catholics, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists. But only three groups were targeted for // systematic extermination //: Jews, the handicapped, and the Gypsies. It’s only clear that what had happened in the holocaust is genocide. What is genocide? You may ask yourself. Genocide is the deliberate destruction of an entire race or nation. Hitler wanted to extinct the Jew race because of his hatred towards them. So he had done anything he could to slowly make them move into his trap. Without a doubt the Jews had not seen it coming. There are 8 stages to genocide: classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination, and denial. The first stage, classification, is the categorization of people because of their ethnicity, race, religion or nationality. We all have a classification such as Christian, or Jew. Just like the Jews were classified “Jews” by the Nazis. Just because of their religion. The second stage is symbolization. Symbolization is giving names or other symbols to distinguish them. People who where Jew where called Jews and as for German people Germans. The third stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when one group denies the humanity of another group of people. In Germany Nazis dehumanized Jews, and striped them from all their freedom because of how they looked and their religion. As for the fourth stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when genocide is organized by the state or government. As for the holocaust it was all organized by Hitler for Jews were separated into labor camps and concentration camps. Next step is polarization. Polarization is hate groups broadcast polarizing propaganda. What this means is when Hitler separated the Jews from the Germans was to pass a law for all Jews must wear a different star from Germans. To distinguish them part. After that things would get easier and then preparation begins. Preparation is when society is separated by race and religion. Now that all Jewish people and German people were separated, it had been easier for Hitler to take the next step which was extermination. Extermination is to get rid of a certain group that differs from others by killing. Just as the Jews were wearing that star walking out they didn’t know what was happening, as for they were all sent to concentration camps. Where most where all killed in gas chambers or other people were murdered in military groups where they rounded them up and shot them. When extermination happens and quickly becomes a mass killing it’s automatically called“genocide”. This is when the U.S stepped in and succecfully made the Germans surrender to them. After that denial is among all Germans. Denial is the eighth stage of a genocide and last. This is when the perpetrators hide all the evidence they left. They deny that they killed their victims. Most Germans where put threw trail and went to jail. There for the Holocaust was a devastating genocide in our history. Till this day there are still survivors telling their devastating stories that they went through in the holocaust. As the result of the holocaust millions of Jews and many other people died because of the diversity between two groups of people.

Jessica Villa period 3 group 3 9/19/10 __The holocaust__

Do you know about the history of the Genocide in The Holocaust? Losts of  Jewish people were murder and some died of illness. Some were beaten to death, others were burned into ashes. The Jews were forced to live and work in the Concentration camps were they were being abused. There was more than one Concentration camps in the same country. Jews were forced to attend the concentration Camps, so some Jews were hiding from the Nazis. Some were never captured, the ones that were captured was forced to go to the camps or either killed. What happened in Poland was Genocide because there was murder, separation from other ethnicity, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and they were forced to do what Hitler’s orders were to do.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It all started in the year 1914, when the first War World 1 began. A man <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">named Adolf Hitler, volunteers for the Germany army. His aim was to remove the Jews <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">from his people. He had made his own party group to have all the power. On 1930 , <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jews were being treated unequally and they were being beaten. That’s when the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jews started to lose their rights. Later on Hitler became the president and has all <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the power on his hands. New laws were being issued. Jews had to sell their busniess <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">for cheap. Jews were being off the German army. By the 1940, there was <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">concentration camps open in Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald , Neuehgamme , <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mauthasen, Ravensbruck , and Aushwitz. The Jews were being forced to live and work <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in the concertaion camps. No, wasn’t an answer , it was you either go , or they will kill <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">you on the spot. Losts of Jews were being seprated from there families. They started <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">to kill the Jews by burning them into ashes. On 1945, the camps were over. The <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Surving Jews were free to go. Hitler kills himself. Over 25,000 people died and <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">15,000 survived.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Genocide means Others againat there national, racial , or cultural <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">group. The Holocaust is a genocide because their was racism involved with the Jews. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Jews were the victims and the Nazis were the perpetrate. The leader of the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a perpetrator was Hitler. The similarities that the genocide and the holocaust have, is  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">that Hitler wanted the Jew to be removed away from his people. He always had so  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">much hate against the Jews. Hitler made his own party group to convince them to go  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">with his idea about the removal of the Jews. All of the 8 stages define the Holocaust.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the Holocaust the first two stages of Genocide are similar to what happened <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in the Poland. The first stage of Genocide is Classification, which means grouping all <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the others from there ethnicity. For example the Jews were being separated from the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Other ethnicities. That same year the Jews were being humiliated by the other ethnicity <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and the Nazis. The second stage of the Genocide is Symbolization, which means <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">anyone given names or other symbols to classify their race or religion. The Nazis made <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">all of the Jews wear a yellow star on there clothing. If they were to remove it and they <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">got caught without it on they will be shot to death. They began to treat them like <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">animals.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the Holocaust, the third and fourth stages is related to how the Jews were <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">being treated. The third stage of genocide is Dehumanization, which means a group of  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">people ignored by another group of people. When Hitler started to order the Nazis to do  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">their job, they started with the Jews. The Jews were Being ignored by other ethnicity. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Jews were being treated like aniamals, by getting beat to death for no reason, just <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">because Hitler had so much hate against them. The fourth stage is Organization , <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">which means to plan out to transport the different group to their destination. Hitler had <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">planned every down. They tricked the Jews to not terrifying them at first. The Jews <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">were being transported to the Ghetto and then to the concentration camps.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Holocaust is describe as Polarization and Preparation. The fifth <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">stage of Genocide is Polarization, which means extremists dedicated to their time to  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">separate groups. In the concentration camps the adults. the teenagers, and the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">children were separate in groups. The women were separated from there children. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The children were either being ripped in half or hidden in a same room were it was <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">packed. The others were being forced to work, The sixth stage of Genocide is  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Preparation , which means victims are forced to wear identifying , symbols and forced in   <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the Ghettos. The Jews were being forced to get there valuables’ to leave from their <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">homes to go to the Ghetto. If they tried to escape, they will get shot on the spot. Then <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hitler had all the power on his hands and accomplished what he had planned to do.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the Holocaust, the stages of Genocide , Extermination and Denial are <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">like what happened in Poland. The seventh stage is Extermination, which means a  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">group of power sponsored by the state or armed forces , wiping out another group. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hitler’s plan was to remove all Jews from his people and the only way was to kill them <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">all. So he had the Germany army to help him wipe out all Jews from the towns and <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">cities. The eighth stage is Denial, which means when you regret any of filiations to  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">anything you are accused of being. So by the 1945, the American army captured the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Nazis in the concentration camp and saw how they were being treated. so the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Germany army surrendered and Hitler committed suited.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Poland / The Holocaust is a Genocide because all 8 stages describe the way <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">how the Holocaust occurred. The Jews were being separated from the Other Ethnicity <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and were being treated like animals. Hitler had planned everything out before he  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">became the president. His plan was to transport them to the Ghetto and from there to  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the concentration camps. The symbolization of the Jew were to wear the yellow star on  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">there clothing that said Jew. All 8 stages of Genocide defines The Holocaust. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Comments : April Quiroz 9/20/10 WorldHistory(per.3) Group3 __The Armenian Genocide__ Executed, tortured, murdered what happened in Armenia? What happened in Armenia was a genocide.... A genocide is a following act of committing with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnic or a religion group. Estimated 3 million Armenian victims, perpetrator's the government attempted to purge the Armenian country, Turkish would shoot or stab the armenian to death, In then came a down fall of a genocide. First off the Turkish death squad would arrest and tie together a rope and beat them to death as a crowd would just stand and around and watch while others reprimanded them. The reason was because the Turkish classified against their religion. Women were forced to watch their husband be executed, children also forced to watch their mother’s be raped. As for some other children was a different story some were raised as Muslims. Armenians were removed and sent to camps and ghettos about 1.8 million were deported from their homes. Secondly, the Turkish force were the perpetrators, they would round up women, children and elderly and send them to camps. Turkish would escort them to the camps the Armenians were to get to the camps by foot. Often were forced to walk in the nude on their way to the camp it would be fezzing cold some would drop dead and were left behind. Labor parties were also held and was very useful to exterminate the armenian that was just one of the many other oppotions they had. Lastly, the leader of the perpetrators that is held for the responsible for the genocide was the Turkish government. This could also be a sign of oppression it just takes one person to speak for the rest. The government would say that Armenians are sympathetic because they were Christians. The Armenians unable to protect themselves the clain was verified, whipping all Armenians. In conclusion the what in did happen in Armenia was a genocide many innocent people were killed, raped sent to camps far away from society. Yes the Turkish forces were triumph in putting their own part in the horrible genocide this, this is a great transgression that no one should take part of or be a victims of. All 8 stages of genocide can be defined in the armenian genocide. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> John Escareno 09/20/10 World History [Prd.3] Group.#4 __The Rwandan Genocide__ Have you ever heard about the history of the genocide in Rwanda? Many Tutsis were murdered and many families were torn apart. With as many as 10,000 Tutsis were murdered if seen by Hutus each day, so many were in hiding. Women were abused then killed. What happened in Rwanda was a genocide because there was murder, seperation from other tribes, and racism. What occurred in the Rwandan Genocide was that all Hutu militia were killing Tutsis because in the past time, Tutsis minority were considered the aristocracy of Rwanda and dominated Hutu peasants for decades so Hutus were tired of being known as peasants to Tutsis. So in the beginning of April 6, 1994, many Tutsis were slaughtered. Only about 130,000 survived the Rwandan genocide but thousands died, leaving their families behind. Genocide means the extermination of a national, racial , political , or cultural group. The Rwandan Genocide is a genocide because their was racism involved with Tutsis. The Tutsis were the victims and Hutus were the perpetrators. The leader of the perpetrators were the European Colonists. All of the 8 stages define the Holocaust. The First stage of genocide is Classification. Classification is when the population is divided into two separate groups. In Rwanda they separated the people into groups by skin color. The light skinned were Tutsis and the dark skinned were Hutus. Thus the Rwandan genocide does meet the stage of Classification. The Second stage of genocide Is Symbolization. Symbolization is when we give names or other symbols to the classification like naming people “Jews” or “Gypsies”. In Rwanda Tutsis were separated from everyone because of their tribe. Thus the Rwandan genocide does meet the stage of Symbolization. The Third stage of genocide is Dehumanization. Dehumanization is when humans are discriminated and treated like animals. In Rwanda Hutus were killing all Tutsis and they compared and called Tutsis cockroaches and snakes. Thus the Rwandan genocide does meet the stage of Dehumanization. The Fourth stage of genocide is Organization. Organization is when people are organized by age, name, gender, or the state they might live in. In Rwanda Tutsis were separated from Hutus to risk them from killing them so Tutsis were moved to protective camps for safety. Thus the Rwandan genocide does meet the stage of Organization. The Fifth stage of genocide is Polarization. Polarization is when people drive groups apart and hat groups are formed. Perpetrators that try to stop genocide, gets arrested and killed. In Rwanda the Europeans came in and drove the Hutus and Tutsis apart to make them form hate groups towards each other. Thus the Rwandan genocide does meet the stage of Polarization. The Sixth stage of genocide is Preparation. Preparation is when victims are identified and separated out because of their ethnic or religious identity. In Rwanda Tutsis were separated from the world because of their tribe. Thus the Rwandan genocide does meet the stage of Preparation. The Seventh stage of genocide is Extermination. Extermination is to get rid of a certain group that differs from others by killing. In Rwanda Hutus were killing mostly all Tutsis so then the Tutsis tribe wouldn’t ever be mentioned nor remembered. Thus the Rwandan genocide does meet the stage of Extermination. The Eighth and last stage of genocide is Denial. Denial is when the perpetrators of genocide dig up the mass grave, burn the bodies, try to cover up the evidence and intimidate the witnesses, then they later deny that they committed any crimes, and often blame what happened on the victims. In Rwanda when Tutsis were killed by Hutus, they were buried underground with no evidence remaining. Thus the Rwandan genocide does meet the stage of Dehumanization. In Conclusion, what occurred in Rwanda was indeed a genocide. It was a genocide because what occurred in Rwanda matched up all the Eight stages of genocide. There were Hutus and Tutsis, and the Hutus tried to exterminate every Tutsis alive. Therefore, Rwanda is clearly shown to be a genocide. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Comments???? :


 * Jackie Molina

T he H olo c aust It was 1941 when Germany began the idea of getting rid of Jews. This idea followed the concept of genocide. The Germans also known as Nazis were determined to kill all Jewish people. What happened in Europe around the mid-1900 was an act of genocide. The Nazis goal was the extinction of all Jews living in Germany, but Jews were captured in other countries as well. Germans did not quite accomplished their goal they expected to leave no Jews alive instead they wiped out a large percent of the Jewish population. To being with, it was 1914 and Germany is fighting in World WarI. Adolf Hitler volunteered for the German Army, but as an outcome he as a soldier lost the war along with his country. Hitler believed too, that the Jews were to blame for Germany’s loss. Adolf Hitler then developed the Holocaust, he wanted all Jews dead. He led Nazis to the killing of the Jewish population. In terms of genocide defines itself as a systematic killing of a racial or cultural group. The word genocide applied to the Holocaust, the Germans only wanted to kill a certain group of people because of their religion, this group was known as the Jews. The Jewish people became victims of this massive killing. The Holocaust begins in countries all in Europe. The Germans followed the 8 stages in the process of genocide. The 8 stages are classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, extermination, and denial. The first stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when one group categorizes people based on their ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality. Adolf Hitler divided the people into Germans and the Jews. The Germans had nothing to worry about, but the Jews lived in fear of being taken away by the Nazis. The Jews were now aware that they are being classified, so the Nazis can come after them easily. The stage that follows after classification is symbolization. Symbolization is when the victims are given names or other symbols to know them apart from other groups. The Jews were forced to wear a yellow star on their clothing to symbolize their Jewish religion. Some Jews reacted and tore off the yellow star, but were usually caught and Jews had to pay consequences. As follows the third stage of genocide is dehumanization. This is where one group denies the humanity of certain people. In the Holocaust the Germans treated Jews as if they weren’t humans. The Germans would strip the Jews down and take away all their possessions. The Jews were hardly fed and the Jews barely bathed. Next comes the stage of organization. In this stage plans are made for the genocidal killings. First Jews were gathered out of their homes and then marched to concentration camps, where they were forced to work all day. Most Jewish families drifted apart as they were separated into different concentration camps at this point they never meet with them again. The Nazis met this stage of genocide. The stage of polarization comes after the stage of organization. In this stage extremists such as Nazis dedicate their time to separate groups such as victims from the perpetrators. They forbid intermarriage and social interaction between groups. Nazis would invade cities and take away all the Jews. The next stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when the victims are identified and separated out, in this case because of their religion. The Jews were taken out to the ghettos or to concentration camps. The Nazis did meet this stage of genocide. Next is the stage of extermination, this is where the procedure of all the mass killings occur. The Nazis would burn Jews to death, starve them, or overwork them. The Jews would be killed in the concentration camps they were forced to. In some events Jews were saved by the Soviet Union and the U.S.A. Hitler was now fully determined to finish up the killing of the Jews, this was referred to The Final Solution. Adolf Hitler committed suicide because he’d rather be dead than be captured. The Germans were now left with no head-leader. In the end the Nazis killed 6 million Jews along with the death of many Jews there was Jewish survivors. The last stage is denial, during this stage all the perpetrators hide all the evidence from the genocidal killings. They deny everything they caused to happen. The Nazis refused to take the responsibility of The Holocaust. In conclusion, I don’t approve of what happened I really think it wasn’t necessary. The Holocaust was an act of genocide because they urged the extinction of all Jewish people in Europe. Hitler wanted all Jews died but he couldn’t accomplish this expectation of his. After The Holocaust doing these things to the Jewish people, German Nazis, are recognized as the cause of this well studied genocide. The Holocaust can be surely recognized as a movement in Genocide.

Danny Pineda

How difficult would it be to lose your rights as a human being? Every day all over the world peoples rights are being violated. Most of these people are innocent and don't deserve what is happening to them. In Africa there is a country called Sudan where human rights are being violated. What happened in Sudan was a genocide.

In Sudan there is a genocide going on even up to this very day. The conflict in Sudan started in 2003 because a rebel group started attacking government targets. A group called the Janjaweed, led by president Omar Al-Bashir, are the perpetrators in this genocide. The victims of this genocide are the Fur, the Masalit, and the Zaghawa. These peoples rights are being taken, they are being put into camps, and they are even being killed.

In Sudan, the people of the Fur, the Masalit, and the Zaghawa people are being killed. They are being abused and destroyed. This is happening to these people for no reason except just because of their ethnicity. This is a genocide. The definition of genocide is killing members of a group or causing damage to a group because of the groups ethnicity, nationality, race, or religious group.Therefore the conflict in Sudan is a genocide.

The first stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when cultures are categorized by ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality. In Sudan, the president implemented a plan to destroy the Fur, the Masalit, and the Zaghawa groups on account of their ethnicity. Thus the situation in Sudan does meet this stage of genocide. The second stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is when names or other symbols are given to the classifications and are applied to the members of the group. In Sudan, the victims were not symbolized. Therefore the situation in Sudan doesn't meet this stage of genocide.

The third stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when one group denies the humanity of the other group. In Sudan the Janjaweed aren't denying the other groups humanization, but decide to kill them anyways. Thus the situation in Sudan doesn't meet this stage of genocide. The fourth sage of genocide is organization. Organization is when the state uses militias to provide deniability of state responsibility. In Sudan, the state uses a militia called the Janjaweed to do all their work so the state won't be blamed. Therefore the situation in Sudan does meet this stage of genocide.

The fifth stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when extremists drive the groups apart, forbid intermarriage, and forbid social interaction. In Sudan the victims are driven apart by the perpetrators, splitting up members of the group. Thus the situation in Sudan does meet this stage of genocide. The sixth stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when victims are segregated into ghettos, deported into concentration camps, or confined to a famine-struck region and starved. In Sudan about two million victims are in concentration near Darfur's main towns and are patrolled by the Janjaweed. Therefore the situation in Sudan does meet this stage of genocide.

The seventh stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is when mass killing of the victims by militias and armed forces begins. In Sudan about 300,000 victims have died. Thus the situation in Sudan does meet this stage of genocide. The eighth stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when the perpetrators of the genocide dig up the mass graves, burn the bodies, and try to cover up the evidence. This is the stage that follows after the genocide. In Sudan the killings and genocide is not over yet and is still happening today. Therefore the situation in Sudan hasn't met this point of genocide yet and can't be determined if the situation will meet this stage or not.

What happened in Sudan was a genocide. The situation in Sudan did not meet all eight stages of genocide, but I think it is still a genocide. It is still a genocide because of how many victims died and it met the most important stages of genocide. The stages of genocide the situation in Sudan did meet is classification, organization, polarization. preparation, and extermination. This is enough to call the situation in Sudan a genocide. Therefore the situation in Sudan is a genocide.