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Selina Ramos Per.5 group1 Rwanda

Rough draft Are genocides true? A lot of people believe that many genocides that occurred were not true. Rwandans were victims to a genocide that occurred in their country. Their were two ethnic groups I Rwanda, the Tutsis and the Hutus. The Rwandan genocide was the cause of the envy of the Hutus tribe. The Hutus wanted to take over the Rwandan government and thought it would be easier by killing the Tutsis. These horrifying events were genocide because it included all eight stages. Although some people may argue, the events that occurred in Rwanda was a genocide.

In 1994, the Rwandan genocide was one of the bloodiest and quickest genocide in world history. In the time of 100 days, about a million Rwandans were brutally killed. The Tutsis Rwandans were killed by the Hutu militia. Each day about 10,000 people were killed. With only 7 million people, in one of the smallest counties in central Africa, the killing of one million was major. The population was made up of two ethnic group, Tutsis and Hutus. The Tutsis were only the minority of the population, while the Hutus were the majority. The Tutsis were considered the privileged upper class, still dominating the ninety percent of Hutus. The Hutus decided to try to share power, and the roles were switched. They stared putting the Tutsis through acts of violence. The Hutus formed the Rwandan Patriotic Front, forcing the Rwandan president to sign equal rights to both. In 1994, the Rwandan president was shoot and the killing spread. The Hutu militia killed about one million Rwandans in a short period of three months. That would be one of the most fast and brutal killings of genocide in all history of events.( Unknown, Unknown. Rwanda. How the Genocide Happened. BBC, 18 Dec. 2008. Web. 23 Sep. 2010: [|__http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm__] ). A genocide is a brutal mass killing on a certain race or group and they either treat them horribly or kill them. They would also segregate them and discriminate them all. A genocide also has eight characteristics that make it a genocide. It has classification, symbolism, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination, and denial. These eight characteristic all create the correct definition of the word genocide. Without them a genocide wouldn’t be a genocide. If this were to occur today, this will now be an illegal matter. Rwanda is one of the smallest countries in central Africa. It has about 7 million resident living there. The Rwandan genocide was a genocide because one million people died. This was a great example of an execution on most of Rwandans.

The first stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when a population is divided or classified into groups based on ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality. In Rwanda, the population was divided between the Hutus and Tutsis. There for, the Rwandan genocide meets the stage of classification. The second stage of genocide is symbolism. Symbolism is a way that distinguishes a group. The Rwandan Tutsis were symbolized and were known as a group. The stage of symbolism meets the Rwandan genocide.

The third stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is an act that makes a human or group of people less than everybody else. The Rwandans were brutally killed and treated as if they were animals. Thus, the stage of dehumanization meets expectations. The fourth stage of genocide was organization. Organization is having a plot, plan, or being divided by having a task set. All Rwandans were organized into concentration camps by gender. The stage of organization meets the Rwandan genocide.

The fifth stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when someone segregates two different groups of people, so they won’t be able to socialize or interact. They separated Rwandan males, females, and families so they wouldn’t be able to talk or see each other. The Rwandan genocide does meet stage of polarization. The sixth stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when people or population are separated by ethnicity or religion identified when being part of the unwanted groups is taken and member are also forced to wear identifying symbols. The Rwandans were separated and put in order for death, identified by Hutus and Tutsis. There for, the stage of preparation meets the Rwandan genocide.

The seventh stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is a quick mass killing by killers who feel their victims aren’t fully humans. The Rwandans were killed in a mass killing and the were killed in a brutal non-human way. The stage of extermination meets the Rwandan genocide The eighth stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when killers try to hide all evidence that the genocide ever happened. The killers also always tend to blame the problem on their victims. The Rwandan killers wade sue to have suitable places available for their killings. Thus, the Rwandan genocide did meet the stage of denial.

The Rwandans were brutally killed as if they were animals. They classified them in group to know who were Rwandans. The killers also planned and plotted the killing of the Rwandans. The Rwandan genocide also had symbolism, dehumanization, organization, polarization, and denial. These eight characteristics makes the horrifying events in Rwanda, a genocide.

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How massive are killings to be until its considered genocide? Cold blooded beasts killing innocents, for what reason? Two ethnic groups, relying on each other for survival now turned enemies more than 100,000 lives taken away from innocents simply because they belonged to a certain group. What happened in Rwanda was genocide. Rwanda is a tiny country between Congo and Tanzania and has been called “a tropical Switzerland in the heart of Africa.” Rwanda is mainly made up of two ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis. Tutsis being the traditional herdsmen and Hutus the crop growers. For 600 years these people have gotten along very well, working together, living near each other and marrying each other. Everything was great for the Rwandans until the Europeans invaded their land and convinced the Hutus and Tutsis of different lifestyles. Converting the Hutus crop growers into political maniacs. Hutus took advantage of their power and killed Tutsis and anyone who defended them. Wanting to demonstrate they were “right” Hutus would kill neighbors, co-workers, even people they were related to through marriages in the family. The Hutus were too blind by their desire to realize that what was going on in Rwanda was genocide. The definition of genocide is: the deliberate killing of a very large number of people from a particular ethnic group or nation. 100, 00 lives is a very large number. The Tutsis would be the particular ethnic group the definition is talking about. There were not random small murders in Rwanda. They were planned massacres killing with clubs and machetes. These people were victims of torture. With the definition of genocide and facts of the killings in Rwanda, it’s proven that indeed what happened in the small African country was genocide. The first stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when people are divided by looks, culture, etc. in Rwanda there were two main ethnic groups, Hutus and Tutsis. Thus Rwanda does meet the first stage if genocide because the people of Rwanda were split based on specific features. The 2nd stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is when there is a way to distinguish certain groups from each other. In Rwanda they didn’t have a specific way to distinguish the Tutsis from the Hutus. Thus Rwanda does not meet the second stage of genocide. The 3rd stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when an act of making a human less to everyone else is committed. In Rwanda the Hutus dehumanized the Tutsis making then believe the Hutus had all the power. Thus Rwanda does meet the 3rd stage because one group thought they were better than the other. The 4th stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when the perpetrators have a plot or plan for the victims, and being divided and having tasks set. In Rwanda the Hutus didn’t have a specific way to organize and kill, they knew each other very well so they killed according to their tribe. Thus Rwanda does not meet the organization stage of genocide. The 5th stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when they are separate a couple from marrying and they can’t socialize or interact. In Rwanda, they weren’t forced to separate but they did turn on each other killing neighbors, co-workers, etc. Thus Rwanda does meet the 5th stage of genocide because the 2 ethnic groups didn’t socialize or interact. The 6th stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when people are separated because of their ethnicity or religious identity. There were also death lists created. In Rwanda there wasn’t preparation, it was chaotic! Thus Rwanda does not meet the 6th stage of genocide due to the fact that there wasn’t a specific ways for the Hutus to prepare their victims for death. The 7th stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is where there is a mass killing that is legally called genocide. The killers call it extermination because they don’t consider their victims fully human. In Rwanda people were killed without mercy with weapons that were not necessarily meant for killing people. Thus Rwanda does meet the extermination stage of genocide because the Hutus tried their best to get rid of the Tutsis. The 8th stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when the perpetrators try to hide all the evidence that prove the genocide happened. The killers often try to blame the victims for what happened. They burned all the bodies and made mass graves. In Rwanda the Hutus, after realizing they were losing their power in the genocide, fled to Congo. They moved away, pretending nothing happened and tried to start their lives all over. Thus Rwanda does meet the final stage of genocide because the Hutus never wanted to admit the genocide occurred. In the event that happened on 1994 in Rwanda, Africa was definitely genocide. Europeans invading, trying to teach the Hutus and Tutsis a more modern lifestyle ended up destroying the strong bond both tribes had. Trying to prove they were on the “right” side Hutus stripped the Tutsis from their pride and murdered them. After all the killings and fighting, Hutus dared to deny.

Israel, Corte Group 1 : Armenian Genocide

One and a half million Armenians were killed out of a total of two and a half million Armenians. The Armenian genocide began in April 24, 1915 through 1917. The Armenian genocide was carried out by the “Young Turk“ government, this genocide also known as he Armenian Holocaust was a massive destruction of killing in the ottoman empire. What happened in Armenia was a genocide because their was massive killing, polarization , and hate against race.

The Turks purpose was to clear the land of Armenians from its native population to create a homogenous pan-turanian. Armenians were called out from their homes and relocated to concentrated camps. These camps were set in deserts where Armenians would starve and thirst to death in the burning sun food and water would be denied. More than a million Armenians were exterminated through direct killing, starvation , torture , and force death marches. Although what happen in Armenia was a genocide some people still believe that it was not a genocide.

What is genocide? The eight stages of genocide must of occurred for it to actually be a genocide. The eight stages are classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination, and denial. The Turks followed all these stages which means it was a genocide. The Turks eliminated the Armenian cultural and political elite Istanbul. It started because of power and religion.

The 1st stage of genocide is classification. Classification is dividing people into groups by race, cultural or religion. In Armenia the “Young Turks” divided the Armenians with the Turks, the Armenians were set in concentration camps. The Armenian genocide meets the stage of classification. The 2nd stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is a way to distinguish a group based on its color. In Armenia genocide this stage happen because the Turks felt greater than the Armenians. This stage meets the Armenian genocide.

The 3rd stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when you do an act that makes a human group less than everyone. In Armenia the Turks felt that they were greater. The Armenian genocide meets with the stage of dehumanization. The 4th stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when you divide groups and have a task. In Armenian genocide the Turks separated the Armenians and settled them in concentration camps. Their task was to limit or exterminate the Armenian race and get their own government. The Armenian genocide meets this stage.

The 5th stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when you separate 2 different groups of people so they won’t be able to socialize or interact with one another. In Armenian genocide the Turks separated the Armenians in concentration camps so they wouldn’t socialize with the Turks. The Armenian genocide meets with this stage .The 6th stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when you are separated by ethnicity or religion, when being taken away to ghettos or concentration camps. In Armenian genocide the Turks separated the Armenians in concentration camps because they were Christians. The Armenian genocide meets this stage.

The 7th stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is a quick mass killing. In Armenian about one and a half million out of two million Armenians were killed in a short period of time. They were killed by hand with machetes. This stage meets the Armenian genocide. The 8th stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when you try to hide all evidence that genocide happened. In Armenia genocide the Turks tried to deny that it was an actual genocide. The Armenia genocide meets this stage because they tried to deny it.

In conclusion the Armenian genocide was an actual genocide. All eight stages exist in the Armenian genocide. According to the UN if all eight stages exist than its in fact a genocide. Many lives were lost during this genocide and yet the Turks denied this as not genocide.

Hugo Santiago Sudan Sudan is Africa`s largest country it is surrounded by Alfashir, Khartoum and Juba.this country was in genocide fights since its independence from great britain in 1956,but only had a brief the year 1971 till the year 1982, so what happened in Sudan was a genocide. Today, "Sudan`s entire population faces enormous threats from continuing and potentially new violence also. their future is at risk with upcoming national elections.that will be in April,2010 and areferendum on southern independence in 2011"(from http://www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/atrisk/region/sudan). In Sudan they have the 8 stages witch are classification,symbolization,dehumanization,organization,polarization,preparation,extermination and dental. the first stage of the genocide is classification; this means that the culture has categories to distinguish each other from "us and them" in Sudan they do classification by religion,ethnicity,tribal,differences,economic, disparities the people.that had the power to this is the civilian populations from the fur,Zaghawa,and Masaalit.the second stage of genicide is symbolization in suda they symbolization

Joceline Gallegos Cambodia Have you ever thought if the Cambodian war by the Khmer Rouge was genocide? This war had killed 1.7 million Cambodian people. It took from the years 1975 thru the year 1979. This was led by a group called the Khmer Rouge. You may ask how this genocide is. How does this relate to genocide? What activities they did the whole killings, and the 8 stages show that this was genocide. What happened in Cambodia was genocide because it is the same comparisons of the 8 stages of the Genocide. Cambodia is located in South East of Asia. Its present capital is Phnom Penh. Cambodia’s neighbor Vietnam wanted to gain their independence from the United States. So they started to make a war with the United States. Prince Sihanouk who was in a military coup would allow Vietnamese communists to use Cambodian’s port. The U.S found out so they started to bomb the port. That meant that Cambodia was in it too and it killed up to 750,000 Cambodian people. That’s when the Khmer Rouge made a movement in 1970, and they were Cambodia’s communists. In 1975 the Khmer Rouge were demanding all the Cambodian people to leave their habitats. All of the things were in use like jobs and education was shut down, they had also banned music and radio. All they would do is work or they would not eat, and if they were ill there would be no medical help so they would die. What is genocide? Genocide is acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group. In this definition it says to destroy and the Khmer Rouge did destroy mostly whole Cambodia. It killed 21% of the total population of Cambodia. In the whole destroying issue it destroyed family and social part of Cambodia. It did destroy all they had in Cambodia like in the religion part and in the whole ethnical part of Cambodia. It has similarities because it is what really happened. The whole destroying part was what happened during the genocide. They would start to separate them by age and by how strong the Cambodian people would look like during the genocide. The 1st stage of the genocide is Classification. Classification is when someone divides people into groups. Have them separated by race, looks, culture, etc. In the country of Cambodia, they would be separated divided if someone was a little child, teenager, parents, etc. They wouldn’t really care they would just be separated. In the book When Broken Glass Floats by Chanrithy Him, she said that she would see that they would separate people in different sections. One side was for the good not weak people and the other side would be for the weak, sick, ill people. Thus, this genocide meets Classification because it means to be divided and the Cambodians were divided during their genocide. The 2nd stage of genocide is symbolism. Symbolism is a way to represent or distinguish a group. In the Cambodian genocide, before the genocide the main character’s father would say that all of their neighbors would have to put a white flag in a pole on top to represent that they would give up. That would show a symbolism to the Khmer Rouge. Thus, the Cambodia genocide does meet Symbolism by the Cambodian people having to put up some flags out from their homes. The 3rd stage of the genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is an act that makes a human less at a lower ranking. In Cambodia the Cambodian people would be treated not as humans by not being treated as one. In the book the main character would say that they were taken to a certain camp and they would have to work the whole entire day. If they were ill they wouldn’t care and they would just let them die where they would die at. Thus, the Cambodia genocide would meet dehumanization by not being treated as a human being. The 4th stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when having a plot or a plan. Being divided having a task set. In this country, they would be separated to different camps to have a certain task to do. The book said that the Rouge would send people to different camps to have different tasks the most famous one would be to plant rice in a big field. Thus, this genocide really meets organization by having to be separated and by having to work a lot in every different camp. The 5th stage of the genocide is Polarization. Polarization is when someone separates two groups apart. It segregates two different groups of people. In Cambodia, before they went to the camps they were separated from their families if they were to leave they would get caught and they would send them more far far away. Thus, the Cambodia genocide is the same as polarization because of the Cambodians being separated from their families. The 6th stage of the genocide is Preparation. Preparation is when everything is taken away from a unwanted group. They are sent to ghettos or either divided or departed to concentration camps. In the book they would be sent to ghettos and to different camps. From out of the book they would still be sent to ghettos and camps. They would say that they would have a good opportunity if they would leave to a different camp. But they would actually trick them they would say that they would have enough money to get food from. Thus, this genocide does meet preparation because they would know where they would be at. They knew that they were going to trick them by lying to them. The 7th stage of the genocide is Extermination. Extermination is when a quick mass killing legally occurs. They call it extermination because they don’t consider their victim being fully human. In this genocide, they would want a good way to exterminate people. Some would die of diseases and some would die of weakness. They would not care if they were sick in camps. It would be better for them that they would not have to kill a little bit more people. By them getting sick they would have to make them work, work, work. Thus, this ugly genocide does meet the 7th stage extermination by having to have a sort of a plan to kill Cambodian people in a quick easy way. The 8th stage is Denial. Denial is when they try to hide all the evidence where the genocide happened at. Then the killers try to blame what happened to the victims. In the Cambodian genocide they would bury the dead bodies into a moss grave. Like I said they would let the people die where ever they were at. In the book they would travel the Cambodians to different camps and they would leave the dead people where they died at it would be mostly at a train. Thus, this shows that this genocide does meet detail of leaving dead people out to be hidden or dead in moss graves. In conclusion, This Cambodian genocide was really genocide. It represent because it meets the 8 stages of the genocide. The definitions do match with what happened during this war. This wasn’t caused by Cambodian people it was created by the Khmer Rouge. It meets the whole killing, camps, and how would they be represented as. They would represent as different not excising people than just humans. All of these 8 stages always happen in different genocides. It will always represent what happens before and during the genocide. So all of these things matched the 8 stages in their way of being. All of these stages go in order and it was the order that happened in this genocide. So lastly this does meet the whole process of the genocide even I order

Jose Sico Group #2 Cambodia

Cambodian Genocide Jose Sico September 2010 World History 5 Cambodia is a country in South East Asia, twice the size of Scotland. Once it was the center of the kingdom of the Khmer, and the capital was Angkor, famous for its ancient temples. The present day capital is now Phnom Penh. In the 1960s the population was over seven million, mainly Buddhist. Cambodia was also in a middle of the Vietnam war in 1954. The war achieved nothing but misery for anyone who was in it, including the Cambodians. The leader of the Khmer Rouges, Pol Pot, wanted to make a Communist peasant farming society that resulted to the deaths of about one million seven-hundred thousand to three million, twenty-five to thirty percent, Cambodians. The perpetrators, Khmer Rouges, used methods of starvation, torture, overwork, and execution to exterminate the Cambodians. In the years of 1975 to 1979, or three years, eight months, 20 days, there was a genocide in Cambodia. In 1925 Pol Pot, as Saloth Sar, was born to a farming family. In 1953 he joined the underground Communist movement. In 1962 Pol Pot became the leader of the Cambodian Communist Party. He then later formed the Khmer Rouges, Red Cambodians, and waged war against the Sihanouk’s government. In 1970, Prince Sihanouk was ejected from his position, not by Pol Pot, but by the United States military coup. From 1969 to 1973, the United States bombed North Vietnamese sanctuaries in eastern Cambodia, killing about 150,000 Cambodian peasants. All of these events resulted in economic and undermine the power of the military by terrorist acts in Cambodia and a support for Pol Pot. In 1975 the United States withdrawn its troops from Vietnam, Cambodia's government also lost its American military support, and the Khmer Rouges captures the capital. After the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, Pol Pot declared 'Year Zero'. He then directed a ruthless program to purify the Cambodian society of religion and all foreign influences. He wanted to remake Cambodia into an independent and self-sufficient Maoist country. Anyone who was opposed was killed. Members of the Lon Nol government, public servants, police, military officers, teachers, Vietnamese, Muslims, members of the middle-class and the educated were identified and executed. Genocide means the following acts committed with the intent to destroy a whole or a part of a national, ethnical, racial, or religious groups. Was it really a ‘genocide’? The Khmer Rouges killed specific people. They did not dehumanize their victims they just exterminated the educated, middle-class people. There are eight stages of genocide. One of the stages is classification; classification is when people are divided into groups, having them separated by race, color, etc. In example the killing of two million Cambodians were classified as members of the Lon Nol government, Vietnamese, Muslims, members of the middle-class and the educated were murdered. The second one is symbolization; symbolization is a way to distinguish a group by their color, signs, etc. For example if you wear glasses you were killed because you were thought as ‘smart’ in Cambodia. These two stages of genocide were in the Cambodia and are still used today. There are six more stages of genocide. Another stage is dehumanization; I would say that dehumanization is an act that makes someone a lower ranking. There is really no example of this stage for Cambodia because they didn’t lower anyone, but instead just killed the middle-class and educated. The fourth stage is organization; organization is having a plot or a plan of being divided and having a task set. An example of this stage is that there was a prison for traitors of the Khmer and sent to prison. Dehumanization is still being used today as in racial terms. Organization is not often used in today’s society. There are four more stages of genocide. The fourth is polarization; polarization segregates two different groups of people to be unable to socialize and interact with one another. In Cambodia there were the Khmers and the Cambodians, they weren’t allowed to talk to another. The fifth stage is preparation; preparation separated because of their ethnicity or religious identity. When being part of the unwanted group everything is taken away from the victims. Both of these stages aren’t used in most societies. The last two stages of genocide. The seventh stage is extermination; extermination is a quick mass killing genocide. The perpetrators don’t consider their victims being fully human. The last and final stage is denial; denial is a attempt to hide all the evidence that the genocide happened. Many Khmers hid their victims with the surrounding environment, using leaves, grass, etc. During 1975 through 1979 there was a mass killing near Vietnam and Laos. The killings were in Cambodia, one-million seven hundred thousand to three million died during this massacre which quickly became known as genocide. The perpetrators were the Khmer Rouges, the leader was Pol Pot. Pol Pot declared Year Zero when they captured the capital in 1975. Year Zero was to make Cambodia into an independent country. The Khmers prepared middle class and the educated by classifying, symbolizing, dehumanizing, organizing, and polarizing them, six of the eight stages of genocide. The Khmers exterminated and hid the evidence so they weren’t thought of being denial, the last two stages. So in Cambodia in the years of 1975 and 1979 there was genocide. Angel Huerta 9/20/10 Period 5

Germany Genocide

Have you ever gotten a right taken away from you just because you are who you are? In Germany Jews were executed for being Jewish. Adolf Hitler had left 300,000 Jewish survivors. Hitler committed suicide to deny all the things he’s done. The holocaust started 1933 when Nazis started to isolate Jews both social and economical in society to 1945. What happened in Germany was genocide because it follows the 8 stages of genocide and has the same definition of the word genocide. Nazis went all around Europe and killed many Jews because of Adolf Hitler’s actions. At 1933 Nazis isolated the Jews from there society. In 1935 laws were passed that mentioned Jews and their rights. 1938 Jews were meet with Nazi savagery. In 1939 Jews were forced to go live in ghettoes or confined areas. Through 1942 and 1945 Jews were rounded up to face death but in 1944 through 1945 liberation came along and Jews became free again. Approximately 300,000 Jews survived. All these events caused world war two that started 1939 and ended 1945. This is mass killing is a genocide because it has the definition of genocide. The definition of genocide is the planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group. As seen in the definition of genocide Germany planned and exterminated the Jews because of their religion. There are 8 stages to the genocide planning which are classification, symbolism, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination, denial. The first stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when the population is divided into two separate groups. In Germany they divided the Jews from society. Thus the holocaust is genocide does meet the stage of classification. The 2nd stage of genocide is symbolism. Symbolism is a way to distinguish a group based on color, signs, names, etc. in Germany Nazis gave the star of gave on all Jewish peoples clothing to separate them and the Nazis the swastika. There for meeting the stage of symbolism. The 3rd stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is an act of separating people. In Germany they thought less of the Jewish people and separated them. Thus the Nazis separated Jews from society. The 4th stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when planning comes to place. In Germany they planned that Jews would be murdered. Thus meets the organization stage in this genocide. The 5th stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when a concentration, as of groups, forces, or interests, about two conflicting or contrasting positions. In Germany Nazis made laws that Jews had and force to follow. Thus the Nazis made new laws against the Jews. The 6th stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when the victims are identified and are on a death list. In Germany the Nazis made all the Jews die and they were all sentence to death in some point. Thus meets the preparation stage in genocide. The 7th stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is the mass killing in this stage of genocide. Thus Nazis started killing in a massive rate. The 8th stage of genocide is denial. Denial is the last stage trying to cover the evidence of doing all the mass killing the burn the bodies or some way to destroy all the bodies. Thus Adolf Hitler tried to hide the evidence of killing all the Jews in Europe. Thus also meets the stage of denial in genocide. In conclusion the Germanys mass killing is a genocide followed by the 8 stages of genocide and the definition of the word genocide. Explained this is a genocide for those who do not agree that this mass killing against Jews in Germany is a genocide. Griselda MontesPeriod.5 Rwanda Genocide In Rwanda two groups have shared the business of farming Hutus and Tutsis. They have also shared marriage language and there culture. The Tutsis then tended to be the landowners and the Hutus worked in the land. The Belgium’s chose the Tutsis because they were tall and had aristocratic in there appearance. The Hutus outnumbered the Tutsis in having more kids to help work in the land. They also felt like if they were treated as peasants. Rwanda is located in the central Africa and it is a small area. The Rwanda’s population was estimated 7,229,129 in 2000. Rwanda is populated by 3 ethnic groups which are Hutu (84 percent), Tutsi (15 percent), and TWA (1 percent). Most Rwandan group belongs to the Hutus. In 1994 the president of Rwanda was shot and they blamed the Tutsis that killed the president. The Hutus were told and started saying that they were going to wipe the Tutsis out of Rwanda by radio and there word of mouth. Rwanda had a genocide which genocide means the deliberate extermination of national, racial, political, or cultural group. In Rwanda there was mass of killing of mostly Tutsis by the Hutus. It was killings by hand using machetes and clubs. There have been at least 10 warning to the UN of the Hutu power action. Council members admitted that the mass murderer this has persuaded the global media was a genocide which it involved in action that no one wanted to take. When the genocide was clear it was too late and it was still going on. The 1st stage of genocide is Classification. Classification is when they divide people into groups. Having them separated by race, culture, etc. In Rwanda the Hutus and Tutsis were divided because of the Tutsis being better then the Hutus. It does meet the stage because of Hutus only wanted revenge and separated and killed Tutsis. The 2nd stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is a way to represent and distinguished a group. Based on colors, signs ECT. In Rwanda the Hutu had signs to represent there culture. It does meet the stage because the Hutu had their shirt that represented them. The 3rd stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is an act that makes a human at a lower ranking. In Rwanda the Hutus were mad because the Tutsis were treating them as if they were slaves. Which the Tutsis tended to be higher then them. The Hutus felt like if the were peasants. In dehumanization it meets the stage for the Hutus being lowered class. The 4th stage of genocide is organization. Organization is having a plot or a plan. Being divided having a task set. In Rwanda the Tutsis did had a plan to take the Tutsis down and kill them. It does meet the stage because they had a plan which it happens and they killed a lot of Tutsi. The 5th stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when they separate two groups apart. Separate two groups of people and they are unable to socialize and interact with each other. In Rwanda they there is mostly no Hutu that’s gets a long with the Tutsis. It doesn’t meet the stage because it’s usually they hate each other. The 6th stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation when they separate because of their ethnicity or religious identity. When being apart of the unwanted group everything is taken away from them. They are also identified by wearing symbols and sent to the ghettos or either departed to concentration camps. In Rwanda the groups are separated by the Hutus and the Tutsis. It does meet the stage because the Hutu and Tutsis can’t be together by there symbols. The 7th stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is a quick and mass killing legally called genocide. The killers call it extermination because they don’t consider their victim being fully human. In Rwanda the Hutus killed the Tutsis and use to call them Tutsi cockroaches. It does meet the stage because there were mass killings and animal callings. The 8 stage of genocide is denial. Denial means when try to hide all the evidence that the genocide happened. The killers often try to blame what happened on the victims. They burn bodies and dig up mass graves. In Rwanda the Hutus left the bodies lie there in the streets and turned into peer bones. It does meet the stage because they didn’t know who to blame because there were a lot of killers who killed. It determines that Rwanda had genocide. They had mass killing because the Hutu wanted revenge because of the Tutsis treating them like peasants. They got revenge by the Hutus being more and the Tutsis being less in numbers. The UN had helped the Tutsis by calling some family out but the Hutus found out. Then after the rebels helped the Tutsis. The Tutsis finally had help and moved to the rebel’s line.