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Genocide is the systematic elimination of a specific ethnic group by a government, and genocide happened in World War II in the obvious way, the Holocaust, which was the murder of millions of Jews by Hitler and Nazi Germany.

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Who attempted genocide during world war 2 does geocide occur anywhere in world today if yes where?

Adolf Hitler attempted antisemitic (hatred for Jewish people) genocide, where he attempted to kill off all of the Jewish people during the 2nd world war. And yes, it happens all the time, unfortunately.


Who were the victims of attempted genocide?

The Jews were the victims of attempted genocide during the Holocaust. Today, there are a number of ethnic groups that are the victims of attempted genocide including the Armenians and Rwandan people.


Who attempted genocide during world warr 2?

Hitler and Stalin both attempted genocides during World War II, but Hitler's genocides are more well-known.


How can you use the word genocide in a sentence?

Had Mr. Hitler been captured alive, he would certainly have faced a war crimes trial for the attempted genocide of the Hebrews. Genocide is not good for the Earth or other living beings.


What is genocide of World War 2?

The Holocaust


What regions have been the sites of genocide or attempted genocide 20th century?

In the 20th century, significant sites of genocide or attempted genocide include the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Europe, where six million Jews were systematically murdered, and the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, where an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were killed. Other notable instances include the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and the Cambodian Genocide under the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s, resulting in the deaths of approximately 1.7 million people. Additionally, the Bosnian Genocide in the 1990s targeted Bosniak Muslims and Croats during the Yugoslav Wars.


Rwandan genocide was the beginning of World War 2?

No, the Rwandan genocide took place in 1994, about 49 years after the end of World War 2.


Was World War 1 a genocide?

No. The number of casualties was very high, but that doesn't make World War 1 genocide.


Why did Hitler quit war?

His army was defeated, he was trapped in a bunker, he shot himself in preference to facing a court on a charge of attempted genocide.


Does genocide occur anywhere in the world today and why?

yes the genocide is still going on today in Rwanda, they never stoped it. people are still in a cultural war over the same thing to have power.


What was World War 2 genocide call?

Holocaust


Who was targeted in the world war 2 genocide?

jews