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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 was the native American genocide?
The Native American Indian genocide was a deliberate, calculated and insidious attempt at destroying the native peoples. It is considered to be one of the most horrific genocides known to man. It has been estimated that there were up to 25 million natives in North America before the white man came. By the 1890's there were known only to be approximately 250,000. Of course those figures cannot be truly known just by their nature and time period, but the point is the devastation percentage wise is unequaled. The white man, given their belief in their basic right to the lands and their arrogance in thinking they were superior to everyone else, systematically set to destroy the Indian. This was accomplished in many ways. First, their weapons were superior. Then there were diseases, murder of infants, children and women to erradicate the native on that level, poisoning of water sources, destruction of food sources, etc etc. The Indian also has to absorb some responsibility. They trusted these new people to live up to their words. They didn't band together until much too late. So many young abandoned the old ways and embraced alchohol. In the end, the American Indian was not totally defeated. Those who held on to their spirituality survived the ongoing war against the Indian. What happened was inevitable. The way it happened was unconscionable.
The Rwandan genocide was not really a war, since the aim of this genocide and any genocide is to exterminate a certain group of people. In the Rwandan genocide the aim was to kill all the Tutsis. Fortunately not all the Tutsis were killed in this genocide, but hundreds of thousands were and Rwanda still has to bear the scar of what happened during that horrible time to this day, so nobody won the genocide, everybody just lost.
How did the Armenians recover from the genocide?
The Armenian Genocide has had a profound effect on the Armenian psyche.
Firstly, the Turkish government's failure to recognize the genocide and to strongly advocate against it has horribly affected Turkish-Armenian Relations, leading to bare recognition the countries. This failure on the part of many countries to recognize the Armenian genocide means that, unlike the Jews, they cannot take a small bit of solace in knowing that the people who masterminded the violence have paid. Most of the leaders like Mehmed Talaat, Ismail Enver, and Ahmed Djemal were illegally assassinated by Armenians after the war without any hearing of their crimes.
Secondly, the Armenian homeland was completely stripped of Armenians save for the small part in Russia/Soviet Union at the time. Entire villages were erased, others repopulated with people from central Anatolia, and most of the surviving villages were given new Turkish-language names. Many historic Armenian churches were destroyed completely. This full-scale overwriting of Armenian history on the land has had a profound effect on Armenians, giving rise to several irredentist movements in the past. In the present most Armenians agree that the land is now too Turk-ified and Kurdish to be Armenian land anymore, but some will search for any trace of where their family once came from.
Finally, it buttressed the Armenian nationalist desires. Unfortunately no great power was willing to support Armenian nationalism after Atatürk was able to reverse the Treaty of Sèvres and remove the Kurdish and Armenian states. This prevented Armenians from having their own country until 1991. This nationalism also manifested in the Wars of Nagorno-Karabakh, in which Armenians attacked sovereign Azerbaijani territory because a large percentage of ethnic Armenians live in certain enclave. Currently, the Nagorno-Karabakh region remains under illegal Armenian Occupation.
How did Hitler attempt to accomplish genocide?
He murdered all non-aryans :(
My improved answer is:
Adolf Hitler murdered all non-German people such as the Jews and many more...
Is there undeniable proof of Hitler's genocide?
There are many Holocaust deniers out there who try to discredit what historians claim about what happened during the Holocaust, especially about whether 6 million Jews were really killed.
However, there is overwhelming evidence, like testimonies by victims and testimonies during the Nuremberg trials, as well as Nazi documentation and photographs, and also eye witness accounts by Allied soldiers after they freed prisoners in concentration camps, which historians agree is undeniable proof that the Holocaust did take place.
Usually any claims made that the Holocaust did not really take place or that it is being exaggerated is seen as anti-Semitism and in Germany it is actually illegal to deny or question whether the Holocaust took place.
Why does the Turkish government deny that a genocide took place?
"Because it is Armenian propoganda and did not really happen!" says the initial poster of this question. There real answer is because of people like this person. Over the last century the Turkish government has done everything in its power to promote forgetting the genocide and to rational the great crime. There were no nuremberg trials which is why it was less known of and not as globally recognized as the Jewish Holocaust. Its was hidden under the cloak of war and is slowly getting the recognition it deserves (Twenty-one countries including Sweden, Argentina and Canada and forty-three states of the United States of America have recognized the Armenian Genocide, with and overwhelming majority of historians in support).
Why does the twentieth century appear to have been an age of genocide?
Because it was the one that had both world wars.
Why did Joseph Stalin commit genocide?
Joseph Stalin murdered his rivals because he feared that they were plotting against him for power in the USSR. In certain circumstances, his rivals had different ideas on Marxism and he could not handle dissent. This was even for people who had no ill feelings towards him. They believed that Lenin and Marx had opinions that seemed opposed to Stalin's. Aside from Stalin's ultra-fear complex, many murders were done to scare potential rivals into being quiet or to leave the Soviet Union. Stalin used murder to punish failure. When Hitler had taken control of Europe, and before he attacked the USSR, European Communists sought refuge in Moscow. Stalin in particular, saw German communists as failures, having failed to win elections in Germany against the Nazi's. These communists had to pay the penalty of death for their failures. He also used starvation as a method of murder. The Kulak peasants who opposed losing their lands had their livestock and grain taken from them, and they died of starvation. These "rivals" were people he did not even know, however, he saw them as a threat to the collective farm system he wanted to create.
Where have genocides occurred?
Yes, specifically in Cambodia and Rwanda.
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One of the most serious post 1945 genocides occurred in Rwanda in 1994, with about 800,000 people killed. The international community did nothing till it was over.
What did Gandhi do in the Amritsar Massacre of 1920?
Gandhi didnt hear of the massacre until June. He took his actions After that. He supported the construction of two monuments in remembrance of the people that died (one of them was the well people had jumped in to try and save themselves). He then called upon for national satyagraha. This included his 'Non-Cooperation campaign'. He believed that the limited 351 British officials in India, could not manage to govern the 300, 000, 000 Indians living in India if they simply refused to cooperate. This campaign included the boycott of foreign goods, the spinning of cotton, and hartals. This worked for quite a while and for some time people thought the British were going to have to leave, but then some Indians started getting restless with the slow progress and violence started to break out. they mobbed some british officials into a flaming building till they were burnt to death. Because Gandhi's strongest moral was no-violence, he called off the campaign straight away.
hope that helped...Essy.p.s the amritsar massacre was in 1919, not 1920. There was only one memorial built to honor those who passed on.
Genocide, interestingly enough, can be both. For example, there is a certain spiecies of toad called the Cane Toad that resides in Australia. It is an invasive spieces and makes life for other organisms very hard, as it eats everything it can find and when it is eaten, it poisons it's attacker, killing it. They breed extremely quickly and are considered a menace. Would an act of genocide against these creatures be a helpful thing or a bad thing? Keep in mind they were only introduced into Australia in hopes of killing a sugar cane eating beetle grub, which it didn't even touch.
Genocide is also a terrible thing in another, much more well-known case. The genocide commited by the Nazi Party against Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals and Communists was a terrible act, needless to say. However in about 50 years, when the population of earth has nearly doubled, causing lack of food, more poverty, anarchy and an overwhelming lower class, genocide will have a new meaning to be sure.
Why did the Nazis perform the holocaust genocide?
Hilter believed that the Jews were the root of all evil and because he was a dictator he could do whatever he wanted as long as he had the support of his country. Hilter blammed the Jews for what had happened during WW1 and he used this to turn every German agaist the Jews. With a whole country behind him, he was able to kill 11 million people, 7 million of them were Jews.
How was the Armenian Genocide resolved?
The Holocaust wasn't a problem that needed 'resolving'. The Holocaust ended as the Allied forces advanced and liberated the camps. For example, Soviet forces entered Auschwitz on 27 January 1945, which is widely kept as Holocaust Memorial Day. It sounds almost incredible, but in Kielce in Poland there were anti-Jewish riots in July 1946, which resulted in about deaths.
What led up to the Amritsar massacre?
the movements of the british colonies against the Indian people.
India wanted to be their own colonie consisting of just Muslims and hindus
they wanted independence as they hadn't had any Indian rulers for over two centuries.
What group of people did Hitler try to genocide?
There was more than one group that the Nazi's tried to exterminate and they are:
- Jews
- Jehowah Witness's
- Gypsy's
- Homosexual's
- Handicapped
- Mentally ill
Why did the genocide start in Iraq?
There is no event in recent Iraqi history which has been specifically labeled as the Iraqi Genocide. There have certainly been attacks on ethnic groups in Iraq within the last 70 years with the intent of severely crippling or eliminating these groups, but unless a particular group is specified (Kurds, Marsh Arabs, Jews, Shiites, etc.) dates are impossible to give.
How were the Armenians killed in the ottoman empire?
Turkish View
Because they revolted against the government of the county they lived in, the Ottoman empire, and fought alongside the Russians against the Ottomans in WW1.
Armenian View
Not entirely true. Women, children and elderly were killed -not just men. The answer is much too long to discuss here - I suggest you look on websites such as armeniapedia.org and cilicia.org. Actually for over 40 years before the genocide of 1915 there were village massacres which led up to the genocide. Because the rest of the World was tied up in WWI they were not privy to the goings on of the Young Turks who systematically enforced gun control on many armenians who had lived in these cities and towns for millenia, not just centuries - Armenia was a vast nation until the Ottomans invaded in the 1500s. Armenians were peaceful, but wanted to protect her borders which were always in jeapordy because of the location right in the middle of the major trading routes. Eventually the kurds and the turks (all Muslim) wanted control and took what they wanted - much like what the United States did to the Native American people. Since Armenians were 1. Christian and 2. Well off for the most part, an industrious people and alot were in important government positions, the Young Turks decided they needed to get rid of this problem so they could control the land. The problem was: Armenians. One by one, villages throughout western Armenia were eliminated of 1. guns and 2. men. By men, we are talking any boy of the age of 14 and up was taken into either the Turkish army were they were shipped off to death camps, or in some instances just blatantly shot right outside of their front door, in front of their family. In an instant, on one day, April 15; dozens of important Armenian men were taken forcibly to the centers of their towns and either hung or beheaded in front of everyone. A few of these towns held "wedding dances" where they forced the newly widowed women to hold hands and dance in a circle as they were being shot at while their clothes were torn off, to humiliate them even further. The most deaths were caused when all Armenians who lived in Western Armenia were forced to leave everything behind and march for hundreds and hundreds of miles in the desert (Sinai) along the Euphrates River, which within weeks and months was vile with human blood, dead bodies floating and diseases were rampant. Over one and half million Armenians died because the Young Turks used violent criminals as guards for these marches, and they used any type of violent torture they could dream up - as gratitude for their violence they were granted complete pardons for their previous crimes. To this day, not only has there never been any type of restitution on the part of the Turks, they DENY that genocide ever took place. Then, to rub salt into wounds, they destroyed all of our ancient churches, ancient relics and renamed our cities to eliminate any history of Armenia in the 75-80% of the land they took from us, both from the west and from the east. Azerbaijani's were also encouraged by the Muslim Turks to destroy all of the Khachkars on Ancient Armenian land that date back before Christ's birth. On top of all of this, the Turks even laid claim to Mt. Ararat, a national Armenian landmark. When the atrocities were discovered, there were only a few small groups of orphaned children that hadn't been taken in by Turks as slaves or renamed to muslim names to forget their identity. The few surviving women were turned into sex slaves by the muslims and to show they were only "property" by their masters, they were tattoed all over their faces to publically display their shame. As I said, this is only a SMALL portion of what happened. I do encourage you to read about Armenian history, as it is vast and very ancient and extremely interesting. It's just sad that we don't have much of a homeland anymore. From what it was, there is only about 10% left now.
What is the forgotten genocide?
The term fogotten holocaust is sometimes applied to any genocide that the writer or speakers believes is ignored.
Did the genocide in Ukraine ever happen?
There were three genocides in Ukrainian histiry:
- 1922-23
- 1932-33 was the most massive one (10 million people were annihilated)
- 1946-47
Answer #2:
The famine in Ukraine was not technically a genocide. Even when the Soviet archives was opened, no direct order from Stalin could be found ordering the destruction of Ukrainians as a people. The famine was directed towards Stalin's political enemies- who he defined as 'kulaks'. This translated into any peasant who resisted collectivization of agriculture.
That said, the famine was mostly in the winter of 1932-33. The number of dead range from 3.5 to 10 million people.
It was still a massive crime against humanity, one of the worst of the 20th century.
What are similarities between the Ukrainian genocide and the holocaust?
They both suck. Also the usa had to put up with it.
When did Sand Creek massacre happen?
Where Colonel John Chivington led a force of mostly volunteer militiamen which slaughtered hundreds of indians, mostly women and children, and mutilated the bodies taking limbs and organs as trophies which they displayed at the Denver Opera House to a cheering crowd.
The Sand Creek Massacre (also known as the Chivington Massacre, the Battle of Sand Creek or the Massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was an incident in the Indian Wars of the United States that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and torturing an estimated 70-163 Indians, about two-thirds of them were women and children.
Surprisingly, Chivington was a Methodist minister. And, to make matters worse he used artillery on the village.
The location has been designated a National Historic Site and is now the National Park Service.
What is the goal of strategic bombing?
During World War II, the Allied strategic-bombing campaign had several interconnected purposes. First, it aimed to destroy military-related installations and industrial works. Second, it aimed to destroy other industrial, commercial, and transportation facilities that indirectly supported military operations or that were important for the German infrastructure. Finally, it aimed to weaken (perhaps even break) the morale of the German people.
Why did world leader ignore hitler's genocide against the jews during the war?
There are a number of issues which must be understand to respond to the question regarding why world leaders seemingly ignored Hitler's "Final Solution" [Ger. 'Endlosung] regarding the Jews.
To begin with, the leaders did not ignore the plight of the Jews, and most were too well aware of at least some of what was going on despite intense efforts of the Third Reich to hide the mass exterminations of the Jews of Europe. The information regarding what was happening came from several sources:
1. International and National Intelligence Sources
2. Jewish 'watchdog' organizations
3. Journalists and other Media
4. The Red Cross [allowed into several of the camps to report on prisoners]
5. Information transferred by German soldiers and soldiers of Axis and Allied powers
6. References of the German government in the press
7. A few 'escapees' who managed to get back from incarceration in camps such as Auschwitz, along with church/dissident leaders imprisoned for a time who were released
8. Vatican reports including reports of nunciatures (offices of Vatican representation in the countries), and internal letters and reports, as well as 'lobbying' efforts in the US.
9. The convening of several conferences most notably the 'Evian Conference' to discuss the fate and possible resettlement of the Jews or 'political asylum' for some of the Jews.
The Evian Conference, attended by representatives of a number of nations though was not promising: only a few nations were willing to allow a few Jews refuge since many believed that any nation allowing large numbers of Jews to escape would incur the wrath of Hitler, and bring them into a war they did not want to enter. The US would only take about 900 refugees in Safe haven in Oswego, due to the efforts of a photojournalist, Ruth Gruber. The debate about the immigration of the Jews raged in Congress, with only a few advocates such as Senator Claude Pepper, but with an over-representation of German-heritage senators, most were opposed to opening the door to many Jews and some lobbied for complete closure of all immigration.
Costa Rica and Singapore agreed to take refugees but they still had to be able to get to safe haven, a very difficult task since any Jews wishing to leave had to check with their police departments for background checks to leave the country, and most of the police were SS shortly into the war. Even the US does not appear to have been as responsive as one would hope, since early in the war, viewing both the British and Germans as too imperialistic (we were also) the decision had not been made which side to ally with.
Hitler's army (Wehrmacht*) was one of the world's best trained and most systematic, and ruthless armies the world has known. The Reich would first send troops into an area to 'advise' governments and policing efforts, then set up puppet governments of their own people, and then send in troops so that few nations which were overtaken met with much in the form of resistance though many tried, such as the Netherlands, France, and Greece. The Germans did not readily adhere to any international law nor the Geneva Treaty, so there was no appeal when they came into an area, demanding the roundup of Jewish citizens. Hungary initially refused any aid in the endeavor, but the Reich army marched the Jews of Budapest to borders over which they had more control.
One remarkable little nation, Denmark, under King Christian when the Reich came to arrest the Jews, had almost the entire populace put on yellow stars making the Jews more difficult to detect and thwarting the efforts at least for a time.
It was not that the nations ignored Hitler's genocide, but that they were constantly wary of being brought into a war they had no resources to fight, afraid for their own general populations, and unfortunately, the Jews have always suffered from feelings of anti-Semitism in many countries, so that even the knowledge of their plight did not bring help.
There should have been much more help and protest than there was, but individuals, some churches and other agencies worked behind the scene in rescue efforts, but the effect was minimal: attempts to aid the Jews were met with violence against the Jews and those who tried to help, so it was like walking a tightrope to try to save as many lives as possible without making matters worse. This does not excuse the lack of support which could have stopped the war and genocide, but it helps one to understand their reasoning.
By the end of the war, by January of 1945 when Auschwitz was liberated by the Russians, and later when Nordhausen, Dachau and others were liberated by the US, it became clear that the Reich had committed atrocities unheard of in human history against innocent people on the basis of their religion and race.
There is yet one other unfortunate truth: many nations, the US in particular, had contributed to the Nazi war effort early in the war, and some large US corporations had benefitted from slave labor of the Jews, as had some churches. This very sad commentary on why the war against the Jews did not end earlier, is a lesson to be taken into account regarding what is important in the life of a nation.
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*The Wehrmacht was always the name for the German army. When Hitler took over, many SA members joined (brownshirts) and other Nazi party members. All of the soldiers were required to hold party membership and sign loyalty oaths.
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What caused the Rwanda genocide?
This answer was taken from a news article in the "Oxfam Press Release" dated March 30, 2004.
The genocide was the product of a political movement in Rwanda, rather than as was implied by some at the time, an outpouring of "ancient tribal hatreds". However, the roots of this movement stretch back into the country's history. Historical tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi groups had been exacerbated by the policies of Rwanda's colonial rulers - Germany from the 1890s, then Belgium from the First World War. Both reinforced the Tutsi's position of power within Rwandan society, exacerbating Hutu resentments. Rwanda was Africa's most densely populated nation; ninety per cent of its people are subsistence farmers and competition for land is intense. The majority of the population was illiterate and living in grinding poverty.
When the Hutu majority finally gained power after independence in 1962, many Tutsi fled to neighboring countries such as Uganda, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and Burundi. Their desire to return to their country became a major political issue in the region. An army of Tutsi exiles called the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) formed in Uganda in 1979 and invaded Rwanda in 1990, sparking a civil war.
In August 1993, the international community backed a power-sharing peace deal between the Rwandan government and the RPF, the "Arusha accords". The agreement paved the way for the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda, or UNAMIR, which was sent to monitor the ceasefire at the heart of the peace accords. But the warning signs were increasing of imminent violence against the Tutsi. With a concerted propaganda campaign, the Hutu Power movement was able to play on land hunger, lack of education and historical resentment to instill hatred for all Tutsi.
