20 th century genocide and beyond. 20 th century genocide additional examples armenian where/when:...
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20th Century Genocide
And Beyond
20th Century GenocideAdditional examples
Armenian
Where/When: Ottoman Empire/anatolia – 1915-1918
Perpetrator: Ottoman (Muslim turks
Victims: Armenian christians
Motive: Armenians wanted independence form Ottoman empire
Evidence: 1.5 mill. Deaths due to executions and displacement
Cambodia
Where/When: S.E. Asia – 1975-1978
Perpetrator: Communist leader – Pol Pot & his Khmer Rouge
Victims: Urban workers, intellectuals, capitalists
Motive: create a pure, rural, peasant farming society
Evidence: 2 mill. Killed, political executions, starvation, forced labor
Rwanda
Where/When: East Africa - 1994
Perpetrator: Hutu Tribe
Victims: Tutsi Tribe
Motive: Ruling Hutus had long hatred of rival Tutsi dating back to Tutsi superiority during colonial times
Evidence: 800,000 killed, systematic murder by Hutu militia and citizens
Stalin’s Forced Famine
Where/When: Ukraine, Soviet Union – 1932-33
Perpetrator: Joseph Stalin
Victims: Ukrainians
Motive: Punishment for Ukrainian nationalist movement
Evidence: 7 million deaths, executions, starvations
Commonalities between all?
Similarities to Nazi Holocaust?
My definition of “Genocide”:
Holocaust
Stalin’s RussiaStalin’s Great Purge, Collectivization of ag. lands, forced labor and specifically the Forced Ukrainian Famine resulted in 20-30 million deaths
Pol Pot’s Cambodian Genocide
combined effects of forced labor, malnutrition, poor medical care, and executions resulted in the deaths of approximately 21% of the Cambodian population
Throughout Cambodia, deadly cleansings were performed to abolish all that was left of the "old society." People were executed because they were educated or wealthy and based on their occupation, such as police, doctors, lawyers, teachers, and former government officials. Ex-soldiers were killed along with their wives and children. Anyone suspected of disloyalty to Pol Pot, which eventually included many Khmer Rouge leaders, was killed.The three largest minorities - the Vietnamese, Chinese, and Cham Muslims - were attacked as well as twenty other smaller groups. Of the 425,000 Chinese living in Cambodia in 1975, half of them were killed. The Khmer Rouge carried out many atrocities against these minority groups, including forcing Muslims to eat pork and shooting those who refused.
RwandaHutus vs. Tutsis
