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Genocide

Questions about the deliberate and systematic mass killing of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. Famous genocides include the Holocaust, Dafur and Rwanda, and even the Crusades.

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What genocide act did Hitler commit?

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The killing of about 6 million Jews.

What is the problem in the Rwandan Genocide?

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The genocide took place in the context of the Rwandan Civil War, an ongoing conflict beginning in 1990 between the Hutu-led government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which was largely composed of Tutsi refugees whose families had fled to Uganda following earlier waves of Hutu violence against the Tutsi. Most of the dead were Tutsis and most of those who perpetrated the violence were Hutus. The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994.

Juvénal Habyarimana was a dictatorial leader of the Republic of Rwanda who death in 1994 sparked the genocide. Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi also died in the plane crash.

Who was involved in the nanking massacre?

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The Japanese and Chinese were involved in the Nanking Massacre of 1937. The imperial Japanese army murdered and raped Chinese civilians and unarmed combatants.

What countries were involved in armenian genocide?

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Armenia, Greek and Assyrian population of the Ottoman Empire, also Rwanda, Cambodia, Guatemala, Turkey, China, Ukraine.

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One needs to distinguish between perpetrators and victims.

What did america do about the armenian genocide?

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The United States did not directly respond. this was in l9l5 when World War I ( then styled the European War) was in progress. US was not in the fight until l9l7, and public opinion was mostly anti-war. Therefore the Armenian massacre received little media ( at the time almost entirely newspaper) attention, events in European War such as various battles land, and sea, yes, but Armenia was a backwater compared to say, the Somme or Vimy or the French theatre of operations in general.

What did the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre achieve?

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The infamous St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was held in August 24, 1572 in France. The glorious Reformation, begun in Germany on October 31, 1517 and had spread to France over 400 years ago and began one of the most horrifying holocausts in history. The descendants of the survivors that reached America were determined that this tragedy should not occur here. They gave us the First and Second Amendments to the Constitution. They knew that freedom of religion and an armed citizenry go hand in hand.

What is being done today to help stop genocide?

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Genocides are one of the most difficult things to prevent. By the time the outside world knows about one, it has gone for weeks, months or years. More than six decades after the Holocaust, the horrors of Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur are sobering reminders that preventing future genocides and mass atrocities remains an enormous challenge. Some persons think that genocide is not the inevitable result of ancient hatreds or irrational leaders. Perpetrators of genocide and mass atrocities cannot succeed without the support of other governments and corporations; so preventing mass atrocities requires political will.

Hwo did the armenian genocide end?

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It ended in 1917, but there were further massacres of Armenians by the Turks in 1922.

Why is the Nazi system of systematic genocide so brutally effective?

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Germany was a mess after World War 1, so Hitler used this to unite the people against a "common enemy", the Jews. Why the Holocaust was so effective? most people didn't even know about it. They were told they were simply rounding the Jews up and sending them to prison camps, however, the typical German citizen would of figured these prison camps to be just like they sound, not death camps, so of course they took up arms to help. Propaganda is a dangerous weapon my friend.

When did the My Lai massacre take place?

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On March 16, 1968, My Lai Massacre, Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, is on a "search and destroy" mission in the hamlet of My Lai. Something goes horribly wrong, resulting in violent death for hundreds of unarmed civilians, including women, children, and the elderly. After one and a half years, the officer at My Lai, Lt. William Calley, is brought up on murder charges. News of atrocities at My Lai doesn't reach public media until November 1969. In March 1971, Calley is convicted and sentenced to life; he is paroled in September 1975 after serving three and a half years.

What are some other atrocities in history like the Holocaust?

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  1. When we killed of over half of the Indians in the central United States

    for example, the"the trail of tears".

  2. The Ottoman Turkish slaughter of the Armenians in 1915-17 (in World War 1)/

Who does genocide affect?

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Genocide really demoralizes a society. In most cases a whole generation is usually cut off. The people who suffer more are usually children and women.

When did Hitler start the Genocide of the homosexuals?

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They killed of homosexuals because Hitler wanted as many people in the Third Reich as possible. So homosexuals couldn't produce children. However Hitler did allow lesbianism because he thought that no woman can resist the 'attention' of a healthy Aryan, a blond haired, blue eyed full blooded European.

How did the Indians react to the genocide?

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i think they showed them how to make crops and then realized that the population was being wiped out by new desises and retaliated

What was the Coniston massacre?

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Coniston massacre was one of the last organized killing of Aborigine Australians in 1928. It was carried out to seek revenge for the killing of a dingo hunter Fredrick Brooks. In the killing spree 31 native Australians were killed. Subsequent trial and injustice led to a broader inquiry and led to seizure of such acts in Australia.

Why did the glencoe massacre happen?

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For various reasons,

In 1689 the "Glorious Revolution" had replaced James the 7th (and 2nd) on the Scottish,English and Irish Thrones by William of Orange who was the head of the Dutch republic. This was a fairly bloodless episode in England since the Protestant William was prefered to the Catholic James but in Ireland the mostly Catholic population supported James and in Scotland the again mostly Catholic Highlands also rose to defend the King, it's important to note that the Scots lowlands were much more in favour of William. This lead to various battles and events running on in Northern Ireland until the present day. However for our purposes by 1692 the minor civil war was over and James had fled to France, William then offered a pardon to those Highland Clans and Families which had fought for James and promised no action against them if they would come to a Magistrate (a judge and government rep) and swear loyalty to the (new) King before Jan 1st 1692.

Alastair Maclain the Chief of the Glencoe branch of the Clan McDonald left it to the last minute to go and make his oath. MacIain had been waiting for permission from King James to make the oath, this took a long time to arrive and for the news that James had granted it to be passed around. Once he decided to make the oath he then struggled to find a magistrate or officer to take it in front of resulting in him being 3 days late doing it.

Despite this he returned home thinking that he and his clan would be fine. However the Lowland Scots government and the old clan rivalries combined and using the excuse of his late oath the massacre was ordered, partly as an example to others but mostly to settle old scores.

Why did the Rwandan genocide start?

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The genocide happened because one group misunderstood the other. What happened after was too sad. If people had taken time to listen, then maybe this would not have happened.

In 1994, the ethnic rivalry and animosity of many years between the Tutsi and Hutus, the two main tribes of Rwanda exploded in a killing spree. The Human Rights Watch estimates that 800,000 people were killed in the hundred days between April and July of that year.

The book, "An Ordinary Man" by Paul Rusesabaggina, was the best book I have read on this subject; it makes it understandable how a "normal" society can, so easily, turn into chaos and horror. I think this book should be in every high school library. The author is the main character featured in the movie "Hotel Rwanda", it is his story.

Who was to blame for the peterloo massacre?

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It's your own opinion

Why did the Turks do the Armenian genocide in 1951?

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The Armenian Genocide happened in 1915. Armenians lived in their historical homeland for more than 5000 years, had kingdoms, cities, churches and schools. In the 13-14 centuries the Turkish nomad tribes came to the region, invaded the country of Armenians. Later they created the Ottoman Empire, a part of which was Western Armenia. Armenians were the intellectual Elite of the country, they were the richest shopowners, they were poets, politicians, doctors. Armenians were rich and what is more important they were CHRISTIAN, while Turks were Muslim. And there was the "Armenian Problem", where European countries exacted benefits from Turkey by trading on the problems of the Armenian community. This made the Armenians an effective scapegoat to "show" how the European Nations always made Turkey to do their bidding. Thus, the Best explanation is that Taliat Pasha (one of the organizers) gave : If there is no Armenian, there is no Armenian Problem". Armenians as rightful owners of the land were a great threat for Turkish Tyrants.

What caused the Germans to participate in the Holocaust during World War 2?

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The cause of the holocaust was that Adolf Hitler felt that what he believed in was right and that other beliefs were wrong .so he killed over 6 million people. He killed mainly Jews, homosexuals, gypsies ect...

What do you call an organized massacre of Jews?

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The word most frequently used is pogrom.

Where did the Armenian genocide take place?

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That took place in Turkey.
The Armenian Genocide took place in Armenia and around Southeastern Europe killing over 60% of the Armenian population.

Why is there a dog in The Bloody Massacre by Paul Revere?

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The dog is in the Boston massacre because the british soldiers thought the colonists were lower in rank than a dog.