Genocide is a term used to define an attempted killing of a whole ethnic group or race. No one has successfully achieved a complete genocide. The Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide were the most successful genocides in history. “Hotel Rwanda” is a recount of Paul Rusesabagina’s journey to save a thousand Hutus and Tutsis. Elie Wiesel’s trip through concentration camps during the Holocaust is portrayed in the book Night. Paul Rusesabagina and Elie Wiesel both overcame trials and tribulations during genocide while still experiencing their own unique hardships.
Having to overcome not only their individual struggles but also the situation in total, the genocides Paul and Elie experienced had many similarities and differences. The Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide both occurred around the same time. Occurring from 1933 to 1945, the Holocaust ended when the Nazis were defeated in World War II. Unlike the genocide in Europe, the Rwandan Genocide only lasted one hundred days in 1944. It was so …show more content…
In the book Elie and his community are forced to vacate Sighet, and then they are taken on a journey through concentration camps where almost everyone dies. As soon as they arrived at the camp, women and children were sent straight into the gas chambers. The Nazis goal was to eliminate anyone that could repopulate the Jewish community in the future. Elie was chosen to work in the camp, so he was assigned a number. The Germans kept track of which prisoners died so that they could accumulate a death toll. They wanted to document how many people they had murdered in order to prove the genocide successful. Because of the harsh conditions many of the Jews turned on each other. Some people turned on their family even though it was the only thing that could give them hope to keep surviving. Similar to the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide was also a premeditated genocide that still maintains many unique
Having to overcome not only their individual struggles but also the situation in total, the genocides Paul and Elie experienced had many similarities and differences. The Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide both occurred around the same time. Occurring from 1933 to 1945, the Holocaust ended when the Nazis were defeated in World War II. Unlike the genocide in Europe, the Rwandan Genocide only lasted one hundred days in 1944. It was so …show more content…
In the book Elie and his community are forced to vacate Sighet, and then they are taken on a journey through concentration camps where almost everyone dies. As soon as they arrived at the camp, women and children were sent straight into the gas chambers. The Nazis goal was to eliminate anyone that could repopulate the Jewish community in the future. Elie was chosen to work in the camp, so he was assigned a number. The Germans kept track of which prisoners died so that they could accumulate a death toll. They wanted to document how many people they had murdered in order to prove the genocide successful. Because of the harsh conditions many of the Jews turned on each other. Some people turned on their family even though it was the only thing that could give them hope to keep surviving. Similar to the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide was also a premeditated genocide that still maintains many unique