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==== Bosnia genocide Have you ever been discriminated against because of your ethnicity? Lots of people have in this worlds. For example ethnic cleansing is when one ethnic group is killed by another ethnic group, it is also when an ethnic group is forcing another to leave a place which happened by Bosian Serbs. Ethnic cleansing is just one example of what happened in the Bosnian Genocide.This would be a genocide because it follows most of the eight stages of the genocide. ====

==== The government of Bosnia declared its freedom from Yugoslavian on April 5,1992. Bosnia Serbs weren't thrilled so the decided to begin a war to make there own separate state. Doing so 100,000 people were killed and 80% of them where Bosniaks. By 1995 an abundant massacre happened and 8,000 Bosniak were killed by Bosnian Serbs.This was the start of the Bosnia Genocide. ==== ====  A genocide is when a specific process happens that’s has to follow the st eight stages. In Bosnia these stages are met and they are in the order they are given. in comparison between Bosnia and the genocide Bosnia meets the standard.Bosnia had many examples that relates to genocides such as deportation and concentration camps.    The first stage of a genocide is classification which means that you distinguish an ethnic group by there race, religion and so on. This stage defiantly does because the only reason the massacre happened was because of ethnicity and that's where the killing began.The second stage of the genocide would be Symbolization. Symbolization is when you name individualized people by color or dress. This stage doesn’t happen in the Bosnia genocide, but the third stage defiantly happen in the genocide ==== ====  Dehumanization is the third stage of Genocide. Dehumanization is when one group treats another like they don’t matter and there not apart of the world as if there animals .This stage definitely did happened in the Bosnia Genocide, it was when the Bosnia Serbs deport rape and kill all other ethnic groups in there area. The fourth stage would be organization, when its organized and set up in a specific way for a certain reason of Zepa and Gorazde. ==== ====  Polarization is the fith stage and it's when the groups are driven apart by media. This stage did not happen in the Bosnia Genocide although the next stage did. The sixth stage is preparation, in the genocide which people are identified out because of there ethnic group. this did happen because the Bosnian Serbs targeted the Bosinaks and the Croatians. they prepared to fire at them and they were not going to stop until they were all destried. ==== ====  The seventh stage of the genocide and the most horrific is extermination. that's when the mass killing starts. Serb forces terrorized,raped, and killed Bosniak civilian weather or not they were sheltering by the UN compound7,500 men and boys were killed. The eight and final stage of the genocide is denial which is when they deny the committed crimes which actually did happen in Bosnia. thousands of bodies were buried in huge graves to hide the existence. many bodies were dug up due to the fact that film caught signs of the grave. ==== ==== The Bosnian genocide started off as a war over land and power but ended up as a mass killing known as the genocide. to have something become a genocide you need the eight stages which are classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination,and denial. Out of all these the genocide of Bosnia has six out of the eight so in my opinion i think it is a genocide because it has most of the stages and they are done in the order of the genocide. ====

michelle sanchez period 1 bosnia genocide

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Have you ever been treated different because of your ethnicity? well, in a lot of other countries in the world people are very harshly treated simply because of their ethnicity.for example in Bosnia.In Bosnia ten thousand people were killed just because they were Bosniak or Croatian. what happened in Bosnia was a genocide because people were murdered because of their ethnicity (what they called “ethnic cleansing”), ten thousand Bosniak and Croatian people were killed, they deported the bosniaks and Croatians. ===== __**
 * __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">what happened in Bosnia was that the Bosnian Serbs wanted to declare their independence from Yugoslavia. Bosnian Serb leaders launched a war to create a separate state. the conflict went on from 1992 until 1995.the Bosnian Serbs were trying to get rid of the bosniaks and the Croatians. __**


 * __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Genocide is “the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political or cultural group. In Bosnia the Bosnian Serbs were killing the bosniak Croatians because of their ethnicity. the Bosnian Serbs were trying to exterminate the Bosniack Croatians. so that’s why this is a genocide, because one group of people is trying to kill another because of their race. __**


 * __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The first two stages of genocide are classification and symbolization. the first stage of genocide is where people are targeted because of their differences.In the Bosnian genocide the first stage happened. the killings were based solely on ethnicity. the second stage of genocide is is symbolization where the people being targeted are called something different. this did not happen in the Bosnian genocide. __**


 * __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">the next two stages of genocide are dehumanization and organization. dehumanization is where the group doing the killings treats the group they are killing as if they aren’t human, as if they are less than human and not worthy of life. this happened in the Bosnian genocide. they killed thousands of people as if it were nothing; as if they weren’t human.the fourth stage is organization. organization is where groups are organized to kill the targeted group. this did not happen in the Bosnian genocide what happened was more of a massacre; there was not much organization. __**


 * __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">stages five and six are polarization and preparation. polarization polarization is where hate groups and public showings of dislike for the targeted group are <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|organized. In] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> the Bosnian genocide this did not happen.preparation is the next step. this step is where a specific group is set aside and targeted. this did happen the Bosnian genocide because the bosinaks and the Croatians were the targeted people. __**


 * __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">stages seven and eight are extermination and denial. extermination is where a large group of people are killed. this step did occur in the Boinain genocide. ten thousand Bosniacks and Croatians were killed. denial is the last step of genocide . denial is where the group that targets another acts as if they did nothing wrong and were innocent. this did happen in the Bosnian genocide because they tried to put the blame on the Serbs saying that they would threaten the safety of others. they also burned the bodies of those they killed. __**


 * __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">In Bosnia there was a genocide . what happened in Bosnia was a genocide because one group of people was isolated and treated bad, ten thousand people were killed because of ethnicity and people of the targeted group were sent away and deported. this was also a genocide because almost all of the eight stages of genocide occurred. __**

**__World History__** **__Period 5__** **__The Holocaust__** The definition of Genocide is; any act committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national ethnical, racial, or religious group. Genocide is committed because the victims aren’t considered to be human, and for purity within the group. What occurred in Germany was a genocide because of the mass killings of the Jews, the separation of Jews and other minorities from people considered pure to Germany, and the Star of David that the Jews had to wear to to symbolize they were Jewish. In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler led mass killings of Jews and other minorities to allow racial purity in Germany. The group attacking was Nazi Germany while the groups being attacked were Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, Catholics, and Jehovas Witnesses. The Genocide lasted from 1941 to 1945. The groups being attacked were sent to concentration camps to die or to be put to labor. Nazi Germany extended their reach and went to other countries to execute the minorities. Knowing that Jewish citizens would leave Germany to evade execution Nazi Germany went to the surrounding countries and captured the Jews even if not German citizens. Genocide is any act or acts intended to destroy a certain group. Nazi Germany did commit acts intended to destroy Jews and other minorities. What occurred in Germany does fit the definition of genocide. Since the Nazi Germans intended to destroy the minorities, they did many wrong things. Such as sterilizing women, the placing of concentration camps, and the murders through gas chambers. The first stage of genocide is Classification. Classification is when a group of people are categorized by race, or whatever makes their culture different from the rest of the world. People do this to understand who they are specifically going after. The second stage of genocide is Symbolization. Symbolization is when we give names or symbols to those that are categorized. People do this in order to establish ways to identify the groups more simpler. Nazi Germany did this by putting the star of David on the clothes of Jews to know that they are Jewish. The third stage of genocide is Dehumanization. Dehumanization is when one group treats the other as no longer human. They do this to make the murders seem okay. Nazi Germany called Jews unpure which to me seems like a way for dehumanization. The fourth stage of genocide is Organization. Organization is when there are an organized group of militias sent for mass killings or the captures of the group.. Nazi Germany sent groups to capture the Jews from there they were sent to camps which led to their death. The fifth stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when hate groups attempt to break up the group with propaganda. The sixth stage of genocide is Preparation. Preparation is when death lists are drawn, members of the victim groups are forced to wear symbols for identification. Nazi Germans did this by making the Jews wear the Star of David. The seventh stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is when the mass killings occur legally being called genocide. It is extermination because the opposers don’t believe the victims are fully human. The eighth stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when the perpetrators attemot to cover the events of there ever being a genocide. They usually dig up the graves and burn the bodies. What occurred in Germany was a genocide because the mass killings of Jews, the separation of Jews and other minorities, and the symbol of the Star of David to identify that whoever wore it was Jewish. It represents why it is a genocide because over 6 million Jews were killed before and during World War II.
 * __Ricardo Vasquez__**

<span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in;"> World History per 1 <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in;"> 09/19/10 <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"> **__ Holocaust __**
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Leal, Tomas

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Have you ever seen genocide happen right in your country? Well to start off genocide is a mass killing of a group of people or a certain race. Well in eastern Europe genocide of the Jews happened. A man named Hitler, who disliked the Jews and wanted them dead, caused this genocide. This genocide is called the holocaust. What happened in eastern Europe was most defiantly genocide and was one of the biggest. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">This genocide first started in Germany where Hitler and his army started to invade other countries to conquer them. He then spreader his genocide there in Poland, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Italy, Greece, and Balkans. The two groups that are in this genocide is the Nazis and the Jews, the Nazis where ordered by Hitler to kill all the Jews or force to use the Jews for hard labor for military. This genocide happened from 1941 to 1945. What happened is that the Nazis nearly exterminated the Jews from existence and killed over 6 million Jews in world.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">What happened in my country was defiantly genocide. I say this because a genocide I say this because a genocide is a mass killing of one race. What happened in eastern Europe was a mass killing where over 6 million Jews died. Also, in Berlin the Jews were completely exterminated. They also took away all of their rights and would treat them as animals for hard labor. They nearly killed every Jew in eastern Europe. What happened here defiantly fits the description of genocide.

The 1st stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when you divided certain people into groups based on their ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality. In Germany the Nazi move the Jews from Germany to the ghettos. Thus the Holocaust genocide does meet the requirements of this stage because the Nazi separated the Jews from the rest of the socially. The 2nd stage of genocide is symbolization, symbolization is when you use a certain symbol to represent group of people. In Germany the Nazi put the Star of David on the Jews to know who is a Jew in the group. Thus the Nazi use symbolization, by putting stars on the Jews to tell who is a Jew.

The 3rd stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when you take away all the rights of a certain group and treat them as if they are animals. In Germany the Nazi had the Jews treated as dogs and made sure they weren ’ t as equal as others. Thus the holocaust genocide does meet the requirements of this stage because the Nazi treated the Jews lesser than human. The 4th stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when they would be organizing an army to go and do mass killings. In Germany they had the Nazi and S.S. soldiers would go out and get all the Jews so that they could put them in concentration camps or kill them. Thus the holocaust does meet this stage of genocide because they had army organize the mass killings.

The 5th stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when they are driving apart groups and use the media to help separate them also the perpetrators had to be protected at all times. In Germany the Nazi use broadcasting send out messages saying how the Jews where bad, also Hitler had bodyguards protecting him at all times. Thus the Holocaust does meet the requirements of this stage because the Nazi uses the media to make the Jews look bad. The 6th stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when the victims are separated and identified because of their race or ethnicity; also the Jews are put into ghettos or in concentration camps. In Germany the Nazi identified the Jews by the Star of David and they then put the Jews into ghettos and concentration camps. Thus the holocaust meets the requirements of this genocide because the Nazi moves away the Jews to ghettos and in camps.

The 7th stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is when victims are mass killed by an overwhelming group and when the perpetrators believed that their victims aren ’ t humans. In Germany the Nazi killed millions of Jews. Thus the Holocaust does fit this stage of the genocide because they tried to exterminate the Jews from the human race. The 8th stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when the perpetrators deny that there was ever genocide and they would destroy all the evidence that happened in the genocide. Nazis would burn all the evidence and tried to destroy the camps and burn the bodies of the Jews so that no one would ever know of the holocaust. Thus the holocaust does meet this requirement of genocide the Nazi hide the evidence by burning down the camps and the bodies.

What happened in Germany was genocide and one of the biggest. My opinion is that this is genocide because it was the first one recorded. The Holocaust has all eight stages of genocide. This is genocide because the Nazis tried to exterminate all the Jews. Adolf Hitler made the Jews lose hope and in faith in god. Adolf Hitler did a big damaged and change the world to make sure a genocide will never happen. ||

Jennyfer Galvez, The Holocaust Period 1 Group 7 9/19/10 Genocide: The Holocaust

What would you do if people were trying to eliminate your national, ethnical, racial, or religious group? The Jews had to think about this at some point of their lives. Some fled to other countries but many stayed. They thought it would blow over and everything would go back to normal. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen that way, Adolf Hitler came into power and became Germany’s dictator. He was the leader of the Nazi Party, and had huge amounts of power. He used his power to do horrible things to the Jews, he wanted to destroy every Jew in Europe. Therefore, what happened in Germany was a genocide.

In 1933 a fire destroys the parliament building a week before elections, the Nazis blamed the fire on the Communist, so the Nazis win the elections. Adolf Hitler becomes Germany’s dictator and that’s when hell begins for the Jews. During this genocide many people were killed, mainly the Jews, among them were also Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, the handicapped, prostitutes, prisoners, Communist, Slavic people, beggars, and other minorities. From 1933-1945 Hitler and his followers were terrorizing, injuring, and killing Jews and minorities. It started in Germany and spread to the rest of Europe to places such as Poland, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, and other places. He first sent them to the ghettos where they were brutally treated, kept in unsanitary rooms filled with thousands of people, and were not fed enough. Many people died of starvation and diseases. Then the ones that survived were sent to concentration camps. They were similar to the ghettos, the Jews and others were forced to work, after they weren’t useful they were killed. Again many died from lack of food, diseases, overwork, and many committed suicide. For every person that committed suicide they shot 100 Jews, to “teach them a lesson”. The last stage was called “The Final Solution”. Nazis built death camps, gas chambers, and gas vans. Shooting Jews wasn’t fast enough and they were losing the war, but Hitler wasn’t about to give up the fight against the Jews. They used gas, carbon monoxide or Zyklon B, it was more efficient and cheaper than shooting. At Auschwitz 6000 Jews were gassed everyday. In the end 7,000,000 Jews and millions of others were killed.

Genocide means to intentionally try to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group. That is exactly what happened in Europe. Hitler and the Nazis tried to destroy the Jewish population by killing millions of members of the Jewish community. They caused serious harm both bodily and mentally which mostly resulted in death. Also, they tried to sterilize the women to prevent them from having more children. The Nazis almost destroyed the whole Jewish population in Europe.

The first stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when the population is divided into two separate groups. In Europe, they divided the population into Nazis and Jews. Thus, the Holocaust does meet the stage of classification. The second stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is when names or symbols are given to different groups, symbols can be put on clothing, flags, or even peoples skin. In Europe, the Jews were supposed to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothes and when they got to the concentration camps, a number was branded into their skin. Therefore, the Holocaust does meet the stage of symbolization.

The third stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when one group treats another group as if they are no longer human, or undeserving of life. In Europe, the Nazis treated the Jews like aliens, they were treated worst than animals. Hence, the Holocaust does meet the stage of dehumanization. The fourth stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when different powerful groups organize an attack or killing. In Germany, Hitler and the Nazis organized the deportations, attacks, and killings for the Jews. As a result, the Holocaust does meet the stage of organization.

The fifth stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when groups are driven apart and hate propaganda is broadcasted. In Europe, many signs were put up that said “no Jews allowed” and “Jews not welcomed” and hate radio was also heard all around Europe. Consequently, the Holocaust does meet the stage of polarization. The sixth stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when victims are identified and separated, they are put into camps, death lists are made, and they are forced to wear some kind of identifying symbols. In Europe, Jews and other minorities were put into ghettos, concentration camps, and the death lists had all the names of Jewish people. Accordingly, the Holocaust does meet the stage of preparation.

The seventh stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is when the victims are quickly killed, it’s called extermination because the killers don’t believe their victims are fully human. In Europe, the Nazis killed seven million Jews by starving them, shooting them, burning them up, and in “The Final Solution” by gassing them which was the fastest method. Thus, the Holocaust does meet the stage of extermination. The eighth and final stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when the perpetrators try to cover up the evidence, block investigations, try to stay in power but when they can’t they flee into exile and if they are found they are severely punished. In all of Europe, mass graves were dug up, thousands of bodies were burned, when Hitler lost the war he committed suicide, and other perpetrators were caught and imprisoned or hung. Therefore the Holocaust does meet the stage of denial.

In conclusion, what happened in Germany was a genocide. It was a genocide because the Nazis were trying to destroy in whole the Jewish people. Also the perpetrators were trying to prevent Jewish women from having kids ever again. Without kids the Jewish population would have gone extinct. The Nazis were attacking, harming, and killing millions of members of the Jewish group. Moreover, the eight stages of genocide match up exactly to the Holocaust. All in all the Holocaust was a terrible genocide. <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">__ Daniel Melgoza __ <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">__ Period 1 __ <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">__ 9/19/10 __ <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">__ Group 8 __ **__ The Holocaust __**

Have you ever lost all your rights and your love ones? Some people in this world can be evil. The cruelty and pain people cause on others just by their nationality or religion. Hatred is what started this genocide causing a Holocaust. What happened in the Holocaust was genocide.

Jewish, Gypsies, homosexuals, Catholics, Jehovah witness and other minorities were the victims in this genocide. The perpetrators were Germans, Nazis and the SS. The leader of the perpetrators was Adolf Hitler. The Holocaust started in the year 1933 and ended in the year of 1945. The victims were sent to concentration camps and ghettos and were sent there to work as slaves and were killed, approximately 6 million Jews were killed.

What is genocide? The definition of genocide is to destroy or exterminate a national, ethical, racial, or religious group. Hitler targeted the Jewish people and Hitler and the Nazis tried to exterminate every Jew they could find. The Nazis killed over 6 million Jews so they were trying to exterminate all of them. The Holocaust compared to the definition of genocide shows the exact similarities between both of them.

The 1st stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when a group of people based on ethnicity, religion, or nationality is categorized into separate groups. The purpose that this happens is to make sure that they have tolerance and understanding from people. In the Holocaust the Jews were separated because of their religion and got treated less equal because of it. Thus this does meet the stage of classification. The 2nd stage of genocide is symbolism. Symbolism is when a name or symbol was used to classify who you were. They used group making like gangs clothing or tribal as symbolization. In the Holocaust the Jews were forced to wear the Star of David on their clothing to clarify they were Jews. Thus this does meet the stage of symbolization.

The 3rd stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when one group treats another group no longer as humans but lesser than an animal, undeserving of life. They do it in order to make killing seem okay. In the Holocaust the Nazis would treat and kill the Jews like if they were animals. Thus this does meet the stage of dehumanization. The 4th stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when organized groups of militias are to do mass killings. The groups are sometimes informal such as mobs. In the Holocaust the Nazis started killing the Jews all the time for no apparent reason just to do it. Thus this does meet the stage of organization.

The 5th stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when a group sends a message through the media to separation. Their human risk was taken and the leaders or perpetrators are well protected. In the Holocaust the SS protected Hitler and what was happening to the Jews was in the newspaper. Thus this does meet the stage of polarization. The 6th stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when the victims are separate by race, ethnicity or religion. The victims are also put into ghettos or concentration camps. In the Holocaust the Jews were separated by religion and they were put into camps at places like Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, Neuengamme, Mauthausen, Ravensbruck, and Auschwitz. Thus this does meet the stage of preparation.

The 7th stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is when overwhelmed groups kill the victims. The perpetrators believe the victims aren’t human. In the Holocaust when the Germans were about to lose they started putting the Jews in groups and would just kill them and kill them until they were all gone. Thus this does meet the stage of extermination. The 8th stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when the perpetrators denied that they did genocide. They would destroy the evidence to back up that they didn’t do it. In the Holocaust the Germans would burn the corpses and some Germans now in days say they didn’t do any of this and that the Jews were making all of this up. Thus this does meet the stage of denial.

In conclusion, what happened in the Holocaust was in fact genocide. This was genocide because what happened in the holocaust all matched up with the 8 stages of being genocide. There were the Nazis versus the Jews and the Nazis tried to exterminate the Jews. Each an every stage happened in the Holocaust so that clearly shows that this was genocide. What happened in the Holocaust was genocide and that’s clearly shown. alexis hernandez period:1 9/19/10 group 9

the holocaust Have you ever stopped to think if what happened in the holocaust was a genocide or not? What happened in Germany was a genocide. The reason I say that is because it was a state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews. Also the Jews were believed to be a threat to the Germans. This is why the holocaust is considered a genocide. The groups that where involved during the holocaust where the Nazi who came to power in January 1933. Also the Jews, Russians and disabled where other groups that where present during the holocaust. The timeframe of the holocaust was that it started in 1933 and ended in 1957 when the last DP camp closed down. During this time period the Nazis where tracking down all the Jews and killing them in concentration camps. Also approximately six million Jews were murdered during the holocausts. The word genocide means violent crimes committed against groups in the intent to destroy the group. In Germany during the holocaust a group called Nazi tracked down and exterminated the Jews. This example compares to the term genocide because the killing of Jews by Nazi soldiers was considered a violent crime against a specific group. Also the Nazi soldiers would kill the disabled people and Russians because just like the Jews they were considered a threat to the Germans. Finally Germany compares to the term genocide because of the killings that happened there. The first stage of the genocide was classification. Germany compares to the first stage of the genocide because in Germany the Nazi classified the Jews by the way the dressed. They would also classify they Jews by there race and there eye color. They would also classify people by their religion and because of their beliefs. The second stage of the genocide was symbolization during this stage the Nazi soldiers in Germany would give the Jews a symbol to identify them from the rest of the people their symbol was the Jewish star of David. The third stage of the genocide was dehumanization during this stage people would use propaganda and the media to tell the people about the target. In Germany the Nazi would use propaganda to inform people about the Jews and how they were considered a threat to all Germans. By this time all Germans hated the Jews and wanted to kill them all because they thought they were a disgrace to life. The fourth stage of the genocide was organization. During this stage in Germany the Nazi soldiers would organize the Jews and have them be in their own group. The fifth stage of the genocide is polarization. In this stage the groups are separated and interrogated by Nazi soldiers in Germany. Also during this stage all the rights and laws of protection are taken away from the Jews and they are left defenseless. The stage that follows is stage six which is called preparation. In this stage of the genocide in Germany the Nazis would identify the Jews and separate them into groups based on their ethnicity and religion. The seventh stage of the genocide process is the extermination stage. In this stage the killing of the victims begins because their killer believe their not fully human this is known as a genocide. While in Germany the Nazi were ordered to kill the Jews and after the killings ended approximately six million Jews where killed. The final stage of the genocide is called denial. During this stage the killers try to hide the dead bodies by burning them or burring them to cover up the evidence, like in Germany the Nazi soldiers would burry the dead bodies so that no one would find out about the killings. In conclusion what happened in Germany was a genocide. The reason the holocaust is considered a genocide is because it was a massive murder of approximately six million Jews. Also Nazi soldiers where ordered to hunt down Jews and kill them if they tried to resist capture. This is why the holocaust in Germany is to this day considered a genocide. Alfonso Macias Per.1 9/20/10 group:9

Bosnia Genocide

In the Bosnia and Herzegovia war, it was considered a genocide but is it really? Not many people know how to determained a simple war from a genocide. With the eight stages of genocide you can tell if it is or not a genocide. The Bosnea and Herzegovia war was consider a genocide, and i do believe it is a genocide because it does follow eight stages.

The Bosnia genocide had occured in 1991-1995 and took place in southeastern Europe. The war was mainly fought between the bosnian serbs and the bosniaks. The Bosnian serbs were backed up by Yugoslavia while the bosnian coats were backed up by crotia. The UN, NATO, and Iran participated in the conflict. These groups changed alliances many times during different stages of the course. The chief of staff of the army of the Republic srpska was indicated charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity

The actuall definition of a genocide would be, a extirmination upon a nation, race, and pollitical or cultual group. For it to be actually be considered a genocide it has to go through eight stages which are, 1.classification, 2.symbolization, 3.dehumanization, 4.organization, 5. polarization, 6. preparation, 7.extermination, and 8.denial. In the Bosnia and herzegovia war, it meets all the expectations of a genocide.

Classification is the first stage to know wheather or not this is a genocide. In the Bosnea and Herzegovia war the way some were classified was by religion. They were also determined by location, there location was key to knowing were all the targets were at. With classiification, it made targets easier to spot and defeat instead of finding out the hard way and being shot at first. Symbolism is the second stage of a genocide. Symbolism is a name or ssymboles to classify.They used group making like gang clothing or tribal as symbolization. The way they symbolized someone was by calling them buy what they are, croat, serb, yugoslav, bosniak.

Dehuminization is the third stage of determing wheater it is a genocide. Dehuminization is when they treat human as animals by doing bad things to them and just not caring for them. An estimation of 20,000-50,000 posnian Muslim women had been reaped by Bosnian serb soldiers. The women were treated like if they were no one and were just used like nothing. The forth stage of genocide is oganization. Everything had to be organized in order for it to work, all the soldiers had to know were to go how to do it and when in order to defeat the enemy.

Polarization is the fith stage of genocide. Polarization is when tow groups are seperated and can't have any socially interactions. In the Bopsnia genocide the groups are seperated and they are basically forced to kills others or they would die themselves. Preparation is a six step of genocide. In order for everything to go good for these soldiers, they have to be prepared for anything, including toturing someone, beating someone, and killing.

Extermination was the 7th step of genocide. In this stage, the serbs were against the bosnians and were forced to elliminate each other. If not, they would not be able to defeat the enemie, which is each other. The 8th stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when the perpetraitor does not admit that they commited any crime. In the Bosnia genocid, Mladic denied charges to commiting genocide but was later on charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity. The bosnia genocide, was in fact a genocide because it does follow all eight stages. This genocide was an extreme genoceid that effected us all.

John Vazquez Geography Period 1 September, 13, 2010 Germany Do you ever wonder why people do terrible things? 1941 Hitler’s army invades Poland and the soviet union. On that day world war two started. The Einsatzgruppen’s target were Jews, Gypsies, gays, Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other minorities. His image of a perfect German was blond hair and blue eyes. What happen in Germany was a genocide.

It all started 1914 when a Austrian man known as Adolf Hitler joined the German forces. During his time in the German forces he saw lots of German soldiers get killed during the war. When the second world war started Jews were massacred all through out Germany. They started to separate Jews from the rest of society, so they build ghettos. The ghettos were a small isolated area within city boarded with high walls and barbwire. The ghettos were only a way to isolate the Jews from contact before the could actually eliminate then. The ghettos were located in eastern European region were the German army had concurred. and concentration camps. After they were forcefully moved from the concentration camps Jews were forced to work like slaves. One of the groups involved with Hitler was the SS army.

A genocide means any or the following acts committed with intent to destroy in where or in a part, a nationality, ethnicity, racial or religious group such as killing member of a group. Causing serious bodily or harm to a group. The Nazis did these acts to eliminate Jews, Gypsies, gays, Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other minorities. Groups were isolated from society and the Nazis intent were to exterminate them or to separate them from the rest of the world. But in this case it was more than one group that the wanted to isolate it wasn’t just the Jews it was more than just them.

The 1st stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when groups of people based on their ethnicity, race, religion or nationality are categorized into separate groups. In Germany classification was what the Germans where doing to the Jews by making them were a yellow start on their clothing. This shows how classification was used in Germany. The 2nd stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is when names or symbols were used to classify the groups many like gaining clothing. In Germany symbolization was used on the Jews by making them were the yellow star of David and if they dint they would be sent to work in labor camps. This shows how symbolization was used in Germany.

The 3rd stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when one group treats another no longer like human but lesser than animals. They do it in order to make the killings seem ok. In Germany dehumanization was used many on the Jews by the Germans. If they were suspicion and the Jews said they weren’t Jewish they would strip them down and check if they were circumcised because they were the only ones circumcised. This shows how dehumanization was used in Germany. The 4th stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when military groups organize mass killings. Sometimes groups are formed such as mobs. In Germany Nazi’s were the one’s that did the mass killings of Jews. This shows how organization happened in Germany.

The 5th stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when groups are driven apart by sending messages through the media. Their human rights are taken and visas denied. In Germany polarization is used against the Jews by not letting them travel out side a designated area and the rest of society now hate them. This show how polarization was used in Germany. The 6th stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when the victims are identified and separated because of their religion, or ethnic identity. Most of the time they are put in ghettos or concentration camps. In Germany Jews were put in ghettos and concentration camps. The way they were identified was that every Jew had to were a yellow star on the clothing.

The 7th stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is when mass killings of victims are done by an overwhelming group. The killers believe that the victims are not human. In Germany Jews were killed in a extravagant amount they were put to work by digging their own grave witch was like a deep trench and when they were done they were left to starve. When they were dead the were throw in the grave and burned. This show how extermination was used in Germany but Hitler named it the final solution. The 8th stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when people that caused the genocide hide all evidence that proves that what happen there is not a genocide. In Germany hitters final solution was to exterminate all Jews and hide the evidence by burning their body. This shows how denial took place in Germany.

In conclusion what happen in Germany was indeed a genocide because it did all 8 stages of a genocide.

wendy quintero

Rwanda Genocide What would you do I your life was in danger? What if you had to surfer for something that you never did in your life? In Rwanda many people died because of actions that family mates did or people that were close to them. What happened in Rwanda was genocide.

Rwanda called a “tropical Switzerland” in the heart of Africa. Hutus made up most of the population but the attracted the Tutsis for many centuries. The Tutsis tended to be landowners. Tutsis all began to act like aristocrats and the Hutu began to feel like they were peasants. A political divide was created and divided to these groups. By 1959 Hutus seized power and they we wiping out Tutsis communities. Tutsis formed the Rwandan Patriotic Front (PRF). This is where they trained soldiers. Hutus planned the “final solution”. The Tutsis were later accused of the killing of the president. Tutsis had to be wiped out, any Tutsis wives or husbands were to be killed. Therefore the genocide began. 80,000 Tutsis were killed in 100 days; the Tutsis were being killed by their friends, neighbors they had known for a long time. Yet after the genocide the Hutus denied everything they had done.

Rwanda is a clearly a genocide. Genocide is trying to destroy in whole or in part, national, ethnical, racial or religious groups. In Rwanda the Hutus decided to kill and wipe out all the Tutsis. Rwanda is a good example of genocide.

The first stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when groups are based on ethnicity, race and religion. In Rwanda was genocide the two groups the Hutus and the Tutsis. Therefore classification is part of the Rwandan genocide. The second stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is when names or symbols are given to groups to classify them. In Rwanda neither the Hutus nor the Tutsis had a symbol to classify them. Thus Rwanda does not meet this stage of symbolization.

The third stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when one group is said not to be human, that they are less than a human and undeserving of life. In Rwanda the Hutu treated the Tutsis like they were not human. Thus in Rwanda dehumanization doesn’t meet the stage because they were treated as less as a human but also for the other cruel and horrible things Tutsis did. The fourth stage of genocide is organizations. Organizations is an organized by different powerful groups. In Rwanda Hutus organized a mass killing of the Tutsis. Thus in Rwanda the Hutus organized a mass killing this does meet the stage of organization.

The fifth stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when the perpetrators try and separate the groups that are together. They were taken apart by laws and actions and media. In Rwanda the Hutus and Tutsis separated from each other. The Hutus had to separate from the Tutsis in order to be able to kill them. Hutus and the Tutsis couldn’t have any social contact with each other. Therefore Rwanda meets the stage of polarization. The sixth stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when victims are separated from groups because of race, religion, and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">ethnicity they are forced to wear indentifying symbols and even sent to death camps. Rwanda genocide does meet this stage the Hutus and the Tutsis were separated by their ethnicity.

The seventh stage is extermination. Extermination is the mass killing of a group of people. In Rwanda the Hutus though the Tutsis were less than humans. The Hutus started to exterminate all the Tutsis. Therefore Rwanda does meet the stage of extermination. The last stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when the perpetrators deny that any sort of genocide was going on. They tried to hide any evidence they had of the genocide. In Rwanda the Hutus did deny what they did to the Tutsis. After the genocide Hutus migrated to Congo. Yet they deny and never admitted the horrible things that they had done to the Tutsis. The final stage of genocide is met in Rwanda.

What happened in Rwanda is genocide. Rwanda is applied in all of the eight stages. 800,000 Tutsis were killed in 100 days because of their ethnicity. Rwanda was genocide yet denial still went on after the genocide that the Hutus didn’t do anything. Rwanda is good example of genocide.