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Candace Hadnot Group 6

Candace Hadnot Period 3 World History Mr.Sterrett 09/19/2010 __Rwandan Genocide Essay__ Have you ever been a part of a genocide? Genocide is a process that develops in eight stages that are predictable or inexorable. They start off small and end very large. They may involve friends, members of their families, and even neighbors. What happened in Rwanda was a genocide because there were mass killings, torture, and entrapment. The Rwandan Holocaust involved two groups the Hutus and Tutsis. It started in 1956 and ended in 1995. It started off as a feud because the Tutsis thought they were higher power and could be better than the Hutus. The Hutus got very angry and started to kill Tutsis with grenades, guns, and machetes. The killings were done by friends, neighbors, and family members themselves. Rwanda relates to the definition of genocide because first the Tutsis thought they were better than the Hutus and treated them like peasants. Then the Hutus figured out what was going on. The Hutus decided to wipe out the whole group of Tutsis. They started by killing Tutsis communities. At the end of the genocide no Hutus were able to be found anywhere. The 1st stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when people get separated into categories because of their ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality. In Rwanda they separated the people into groups by skin color. The light skinned were Tutsis and the dark skinned were Hutus. Thus meets the stage of genocide because the people were separated by their skin color. The 2nd stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is giving names or other symbols to the classifications such as “Jews” or “Gypsies”. In Rwanda the people were called Hutus and Tutsis. They symbolized them by names because of their skin color. Thus meets the stage of genocide because people were getting symbolized with names because of their skin color. The 3rd stage of genocide is Dehumanization. Dehumanization is when a group of people are ignored by other groups of people. They also get their rights taken away by the group in power. In Rwanda the Hutus were ignored by Tutsis and treated like peasants. Thus meets the stage of genocide because the Hutus are being ignored by Tutsis. The 4th stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when one group organizes in and ordinary manner. Another group organizes an event or issue by planning in a timely manner. In Rwanda the Tutsis were ordinary with treating Hutus like peasants. Also the Hutus planned to kill the Tutsis with grenades, guns, and machetes. Thus meets the stage of genocide because the Tutsis planned their attack in a timely manner. The 5th stage of genocide is Polarization. Polarization is when people drive groups apart and hate 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 toward each other. Thus meets the stage of genocide because the Europeans drove the Hutus and Tutsis apart and made them form hate groups toward each other. The 6th stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when victims are separated because of their ethnic or religious identity. Members of victim groups wear identifying symbols. In Rwanda Hutus and Tutsis were separated because of their skin color. Tutsis were light skinned. Hutus were dark skinned. Thus meets the stage of genocide because the Hutus and Tutsis were separated because of their skin. The 7th stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is when a group in power sponsored by the state or armed forces, wiping out another group to erase them from the Earth completely. In Rwanda the Hutus received guns, grenades, and machetes from the government to wipe out the Tutsis. Thus meets the stage of genocide because the government gave them weapons to wipe out the Tutsis. The 8th stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when people come and cover up traces of the genocide and deny everything that has happened. In Rwanda Hutus were not known after the genocide and no one knew who they were. Thus meets the stage of genocide because the Hutus acted like they had nothing to do with the genocides. In Conclusion, as you can see Rwanda was a genocide. It was a genocide because it followed the eight stages of genocide. Also because the people were getting killed tortured and in entrapment. People should do things when genocides happen in front of their faces. I wish people would start a fund for people that come close to a genocide that started off as a regular want. People should do things when genocides happen in front of their faces. I wish people would start a fund for people that come close to a genocide that started off as a regular want. People should do things when genocides happen in front of their faces. I wish people would start a fund for people that come close to a genocide that started off as a regular war.

Elvis Payeras group 6

It is amazing at what people have to face through genocides. The Armenian Genocide is particular was a fight between Christian Armenians and Muslim Turks. The Armenian Genocide was indeed genocide. In which the Turks wanted to expand the Ottoman Empire and make it one religion and one language. To do this they needed to get rid of the Christian Armenians. The killing of the Armenians was indeed genocide because the outbreak followed the 8 stages of genocide.

The Turkish first invaded Armenian homelands in the eleventh century. This invasion leads to several years of rule by Muslim Turks. The vast empire was known as the Ottoman Empire. It controls much of Southeast Europe, North Africa, and almost all the Middle East. In 1913 three of the Young Turks seized full control of the government. From 1915-1916 the Muslim Turks had eliminated half a million Armenians from existence. More then half of the Armenian’s population had been whipped out.

The Armenians indeed needed to face genocide. The definition of genocide says the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group. The Turks had planned the extermination of both a national and religious group in order to create Turan. The Turkish did not want the Christian Armenians in their vast empire. So by exterminating the Armenians they would create Turan the empire with one religion and one language. So as the definition of genocide states the killing of the Armenians was indeed genocide. The first stage of genocide is Classification. Classification is when the land is divided mainly by two main groups that have cultural differences. In the Armenian genocide the Christian Armenians and the Muslim Turks where two different cultural groups that divided the land and had no plans in becoming one cultural group. Thus making the Armenian Genocide meet the 1st stage of genocide. The second stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is when one group gives another group special names and symbols to stand for hatred. In the Armenian Genocide there were no symbols or special names given to any of the groups. Thus the Armenian Genocide does not meet this stage of genocide.

The third stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when one group denies the other group humanity and are treated as animals and given no rights. In the Armenian Genocide Armenian children and women were force to walk over mountains and deserts for months. They were dehumanized by being stripped naked and repeatedly preyed upon and abused. Thus the Armenian Genocide indeed meets the 3rd stage of genocide. The fourth stage of genocide is Organization. Organization is when genocide is organized and the group has militia to provide protection and to over power the other group. In this stage plans are made for genocidal killings. In the Armenian Genocide the Muslim Turks used new technology to send orders to police stations and militia to carry out their operation. Perpetrators kept in touch trough telegraph. Thus the Armenian Genocide does indeed meet the 4th stage of genocide.

The Fifth stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when the perpetrators grow a bigger drive to separate themselves from that group. They plan targets and begin to kill of people who can stop the genocide. In Armenian Genocide the Muslim Turks convinced the Turkish Armenians for no pro-Christian Russians. The Turks did not want inter-marriages. By convincing others it grew them apart. It also let Turkish Armenians to let their guard down. Thus the Armenian Genocide does indeed meet the 5th stage of genocide. The sixth stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when the perpetrators begin to separate the groups because of their ethnic or religious identities. The Armenian Genocide used the railway wagons to transport tens of thousands of Armenians into the desert without any food or water to starve. Thus the Armenian Genocide does indeed meet the 6th stage of genocide.

The seventh stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is the legal killing by using militia and armed forces. The Armenians refugees died to starvation epidemics, and exposure. Many women and children were raped and then beaten to death or manipulated. Educational and intellectual leader were arrested or hanged in front of their loved ones. So the Armenian Genocide did indeed meet the 7th stage of genocide. The 8th stage of Genocide is denial. Denial is when the perpetrators dig mass graves, burn bodies, and intimidate the witness to try to cover up the evidence. Then they deny anything of what has happen. In the Armenian genocide the Turks used the militia to dig mass graves and hide all the evidence of the murdered bodies. Thus the Armenian genocide does indeed meet the 8th stage of genocide.

What the Armenians had to face was genocide because it indeed followed the 8 stages of genocides. The Muslims indeed grew hatred for the Christians just to grow their empire. They dehumanized many of the Christians. They organized organizations to select targets to eliminate. They also exterminated more then half of the Armenian population just to expand their empire and contain it natural with no inter-marriages. After they whipped out the Armenians they denied all of it. And try to cover their tracks of genocide but it was inevitable. So at the end it was genocide.

Montse, Gonzalez

World History

9/20/10

Group 5

Bosnia Genocide

Can you imagine being kicked out of your home and striped from all rights? Genocide is a process that can be portrayed in eight stages. This involves in mass killings and unimaginable torture. What happened in Bosnia was genocide because of curl torture and humans being stripped of all rights.

Bosnia was part of the Turkish Empire, until 1878. Bosnia’s population consisted of 1.3m Bosnian serbs, over 1m Bosniaks (sunni Muslims) and 0.7m Bosnian croats. At this time both Croats and Bosniaks wanted independence, which they do happened to get in the year 1991. Most serbs weren’t happy with this choice. They believed that the land that they lived on was a part of the greater Serbia. The Yugoslav army, lead by Radovan Karadzic; had driven out most of Bosnian croats. And in the towns Bosniaks were being hanged. Sometime later it became clear that what was happing in Bosnia was no longer a civil war. Bosnia was the target of one group’s wish. Which was to isolate an ethnic group, and if necessary exterminating them.

In July 1995, serb troops began to damage buildings and cut down on food supplies. And eventually people were starting to get injured. The Muslims where then driven out of the towns and lefts out in the night with no food nor water. Soon after, Mladic appeared and behind him came large amounts of trucks. Serb troops began to separating the men from the women and children. The women were made to go in the truck, and were then deported. Out in the distance they could hear gunfire. And eventually saw dead corps along the roads. And soon no women and children were seen out in the streets. Many were killed. More than a thousand bodies were buried in mass graves.

Genocide can be carried out by eight stages. The first stage of genocide is classification. Classification is when a group of people are being categorized due to background history and religion. In Bosnia the Muslims where to be sent to separate towns due to their religion. And so Bosnia does meet this stage of genocide. The second stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is when a group of people is given a name to categorize them. In Bosnia, the Muslims were given the name Bosniaks to separate them from the rest of the people. Thus Bosnia does meet this stage of genocide.

The third stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when a group of people ignores another group of people. They’re not seen as humans anymore. In Bosnia, the Muslims were seen as animals not humans, and stripped of all rights. Thus Bosnia does meet this stage of genocide. The fourth stage of genocide is organization. Organization is when, genocide is always organized. They have a plan and know exactly what to do with the group of people. In Bosnia, the Muslims where lead out of the towns, there they separated the women and children for the men. And then sent to camps. And so, Bosnia does meet this stage of genocide.

The fifth stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when hate is then carried out. It’s shown through act or through propaganda. In Bosnia, the serb troops went into the towns and destroyed everything. This shows that Bosnia does meet this stage of genocide. The sixth stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation is when a group of people are identified and separated, due to their background, religion or ethnic. In Bosnia, the Muslims were separated from the Catholics, just because they refused to be Catholics. Thus Bosnia does meet this stage of genocide.

The seventh stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is when a group wants to get rid of another group. This involves in mass killings and the wipeout of a whole race. In Bosnia, the serbs wanted to get rid of the Muslims, they did this by sending them to camps and having mass killings. So this shows that Bosnia does meet this stage of genocide. The final stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when the people deny that they ever did such things to a group of people. In Bosnia, the serbs denied that they ever tried to wipe out a whole race. Some even hid from the fact that they were a part of it. Thus Bosnia does meet this stage of genocide.

What happened in Bosnia was genocide. Were many where killed. Forced out of their homes and led to their own impending death. Separated and publicly humiliated. Stripped of all rights, and forced to dig mass graves and then shot into them.

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The holocaust

Have you ever been overpowered. There was a man called Adolf Hitler. He was getting rid of all of the Jews in Germany. He wanted ever on to be the same as him. The thing that happen in Germany was a genocide.

Some important historical background that happen in the holocaust was in the year 1941 the Germany invaded eastern Poland. They made all of the Jews loss all of there properties to the nazis. Then half a the million Jews left the country. They had to wear the star of David to say that they were a Jew. Then they had death camp and ghettos were the Jews were forced to live in during the holocaust. Then most of the Jews were killed by malnutrition and illness. then some were killed in the gas chamber or they have been shot to death. They were burring then to get rid of then.

From the holocaust its on example of the meaning of a genocide because Adolf Hitler took all of there rights from them. He was getting rid all of the old Jews that can not work. Then he was getting killed all of the Jews that can not work.

The first stage is classification. Classification is when they categorized people because of their ethnicity, race, and, nationally. That the Jews were separated from the German. Thus the German genocide does meet the stage. The second stage is symbolization. Symbolization is when to recognize people by a symbol or color that is known to there race. That they had to wear the star of David to show that they were Jews. Thus The German genocide does meet the stage.

The third stage is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when a group of people is ignored by another group of people. They were taking then from all of there rights. Thus the German genocide does meet the stage. The forth stage is organization. Organization is when they that plans to do to the other people. The nazis put the Jews in the death camp. Thus the German genocide does meet the stage.

The fifth stage is polarization. Polarization is when extremists drive the group apart. That the men and women were separated in the death camp. Thus the German genocide does meet the stage. The sixth stage is preparation. Preparation is when they are victims group that are forced to were symbol or the same clothing. That they move then to ghettos or death camps. Thus the German genocide does meet the stage.

The sixth stage is extermination. Extermination is when a group in power sponsored by the state forces, wiping out another group, to erase them from the earth completely. That the nazis were getting rid of all of the Jews. Thus the German genocide does meet the stage. The eighth stage is denial. Denial is when you reject any affiliation to anything you are accused of being when you also rejection of any request. They were covering up there crimes that they did in the death camp. Thus the German genocide does meet the stage.

In conclusion, Adolf Hitler goal was to try to get rid of all the Jews in the country. That he was mad for power. That from the eight stages what ever happen in Germany was a genocide.

Burton, Joseph per. 3 World History R<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">~Truth (Rwanda Genocide) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Have you ever been hated or discriminated against just because of your skin or the way you talk? In 1994 The Genocide of Rwanda, The Hutu Tribe killed 800,000 Tusi’s. The Hutu’s are the majority and the Tusi’s are the minority. The Tutsi's are the wealthiest group and the Hutu’s are the poorest so they are blaming all of there problems such as, The country’s increasing social, Economic, and political pressure, to make matters worse the Hutu’s remembered the past year of oppressive Tutsi’s rules and many of them not only resented but also feared the minority. On April 6,1994, In central Africa of Rwanda, marked an unforgettable genocide that lasted for one hundred days. This genocide is the shortest genocide out of the genocides. Rwanda’s population is consist of seven million people, which are composed of three ethnic groups, The Hutu’s, The Tusi’s, and The Twa. The Hutu’s President Habyarimana’s plane was shot down, immediately after the brake out violence erupted in the streets of Rwanda. Hutu extremist launched plans to extinguish the Tutsi civilization population, Political leaders might have been able to take charge of the situation other plans were killed immediately. The Tutis’s were killed in there home’s as they tried to leave roadblocks was set across the country. Family’s was killed at a time, woman was systematically and brutally raped. In an estimated Two Hundred Thousand people participated in the preparation of the Rwandan Genocide, Weeks after April 6, 1994 Eight Hundred Thousands Men, Woman, and Child perished as the Hutu''s try to extinguish the Tutsi population. An estimated of Three Quarters of the Tutsi's Population was almost extinct from Rwanda, The nations started to neglect Rwanda because they didn’t believe that a genocide was happing. In summery, This happen on April 6, 1994 and it was two rebels called the Hutu's and the Tutsi's, When help was needed the nations denied there help and Eight Hundred Thousand Tutsi's had died and as the war was ending the United Stated came in at the last minuet and it was too late. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Furthermore, A Genocide is // “ //// the deliberate killing of a large group of people, //// especially //// those of a particular ethnic group or nation”. // Rwanda is known as a Genocide bur Rwanda is an eye opener to teens, adults, city’s, and nations, Rwanda informed everyone that A genocide was happening but United Kingdom took most of there troops out because that didn’t want any of there men killed but some stayed voluntarily And the United States of America denied that a genocide was happing when they did was too late to help out in the genocide Eight Hundred Thousand people had died. In summery, Rwanda is part of a genocide and no one cane to there aid when it was needed. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> The first two stages are //Classification and symbolization//. Classification is //“// <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;"> //the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or//   <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;"> // characteristics”. //  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  The Rwandans was separated by their color of there skin, the Hutu's is the darker color and the Tutsi's is the lighter color. The second stage of a genocide is symbolization   <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;">  “    <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;"> // Is when we give names or other symbols to classify a Pacific group of people” //   <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;">. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> The Rwandans was given specific names and was only called by that name. In summery these are comparisons of Rwanda and the first two genocides. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> The next stage is Dehumanization, Dehumanization is    <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // “ //   <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;"> // deprive of positive human qualities //   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  ” The Tutsi's was striped from there rights, the Hutu treated them like a pile of cockroaches and thats a nick name that the hutu gave to the Tutsi. The forth stage is organization, organization   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // “ //   <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;"> // an organized body of people with a particular purpose //   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // ”. //  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  The Tutsi's was well organized and they treated the Hutu's like pesetas, but sooner the Hutu would struck back with revenge to annihilate the Tutsi tribe. In summery, these are comparisons of the next two stages of a genocide. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> The next two are polarization and preparization, Polarization    <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // “ //   <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;"> // divide or cause to divide into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions or beliefs //   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // ”. //  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  The Hutu separated everyone who wasn’t Hutu by seeing there Identification cards and if you wasn’t Hutu you was most likely killed. The sixth stage is preparation, preparation is   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // “ //   <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;"> // the action or process of making ready or being made ready for use or consideration //   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // ” //   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. The Hutu could tell if you was a Tutsi but most people trick them into thinking they was Hutu in order to save there life’s and the lives of there family's. In summery most people had to fake there identity to survive and help others survive. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> The last two is extermination and denial, Extermination is    <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // “ //   <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;"> // destroy completely //   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // ”. //  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  The hutu wanted to destroy the tutsi population which they almost did. Within in one hundred days they mange to kill eight hundred thousands people. The last stage is denial is   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // “ //   <span style="font-family: Baskerville,serif;"> // the action of declaring something to be untrue //   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> // ”. //  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  The united states of america denied that a genocide was happing so that didn’t come until the last minuet. Thousands of people died and help started to happen when the genocide was ending. In summery, life isn’t what it seems to be many people die and most people don’t care. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> In conclusion, the genocide of rwanda is the shorties but mostly dreadful genocide that had happen in history. Yet today there are people left to tel there story’s on how the life of being a Tutsi in this genocide was no fun and games and how no help came an d thousands of people died. Life as a Tutsi wasn’t any fun and this genocide has never been forgotten and it will never be forgotten.