I. Economic Causes of Genocide
a) Holocaust
Although Germany appeared to be winning the war at first, as the war progressed, they became weary and found themselves in compromising position. After the defeat in the war and the terms contained in the Treaty of Versailles, which ordered Germany to pay huge amounts in reparations, Germany was left in an economic crisis. The country printed more money and this lead to hyperinflation that reduced the value of savings. Levels of unemployment as well as poverty levels increased. Nazis blamed the loss of World War 1 on the Jewish people of Germany.
The Jewish people were blamed for every hardship after the war, the claims were they had not helped Germany financially. They had been blamed on a variety …show more content…
The Nazi regime brought radical changes to the Jewish community. They disfranchised Jewish citizenry and expelled all the Jews from commercial and professional life. After the outbreak of the war, restrictions on Jews were increased and curfews were put in place. Food rationing for the Jews followed and this resulted in shortage of basic needs. The Jews were also forced to relinquish property and other valuables and subsequently denied access to public transport. In order to monitor the Jews, they were placed in ghettos, transit camps or forced labor camps. The Jews were portrayed as degenerate, greedy, and unpleasant elements who sided with the enemy. Leaders in Germany saw how easy it would be to manipulate the public and be able to carry out the genocide. Manipulating the public to hate Jews was based on the ideology that the Jews were an inferior and must be eliminated from society. The increased hate for the Jews gave the Nazis an excuse to detain the …show more content…
The war began when Rwandan exiles formed the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and attacked Rwanda. The RPF was mainly made up of Tutsis who had blamed the government for failing to address the needs of Tutsi refugees. The Tutsis at home were considered accomplices of the RPF. In 1994, every Tutsi was accused of being part of the RPF. After the death of the president, organized violence erupted and was directed at the Tutsi.
This violence was justified by associating Tutsis with the RPF and the civil war. They were seen as evil and dangerous, thus making it easy for people to agree that they needed to be exterminated. Initially, the violence was argued as necessary to fight RPF forces. However, as the violence progressed the need to exterminate the enemy was argued through radio propaganda. Killing the Tutsis was made easier because they had been portrayed as the enemy. The Tutsis, in fear for their lives, sought refuge in churches, hospitals and government offices but were attacked. The anti-Tutsi fighters were motivated to exterminate the Tutsis and even attacked them in places they were seeking refuge. The violence met resistance from the RPF who fought back. The preexisting civil war intensified the genocide because the RPF fought to protect the Tutsis. The resistance from the RPF acted to strengthen propaganda that the Tutsis were accomplices of the
a) Holocaust
Although Germany appeared to be winning the war at first, as the war progressed, they became weary and found themselves in compromising position. After the defeat in the war and the terms contained in the Treaty of Versailles, which ordered Germany to pay huge amounts in reparations, Germany was left in an economic crisis. The country printed more money and this lead to hyperinflation that reduced the value of savings. Levels of unemployment as well as poverty levels increased. Nazis blamed the loss of World War 1 on the Jewish people of Germany.
The Jewish people were blamed for every hardship after the war, the claims were they had not helped Germany financially. They had been blamed on a variety …show more content…
The Nazi regime brought radical changes to the Jewish community. They disfranchised Jewish citizenry and expelled all the Jews from commercial and professional life. After the outbreak of the war, restrictions on Jews were increased and curfews were put in place. Food rationing for the Jews followed and this resulted in shortage of basic needs. The Jews were also forced to relinquish property and other valuables and subsequently denied access to public transport. In order to monitor the Jews, they were placed in ghettos, transit camps or forced labor camps. The Jews were portrayed as degenerate, greedy, and unpleasant elements who sided with the enemy. Leaders in Germany saw how easy it would be to manipulate the public and be able to carry out the genocide. Manipulating the public to hate Jews was based on the ideology that the Jews were an inferior and must be eliminated from society. The increased hate for the Jews gave the Nazis an excuse to detain the …show more content…
The war began when Rwandan exiles formed the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and attacked Rwanda. The RPF was mainly made up of Tutsis who had blamed the government for failing to address the needs of Tutsi refugees. The Tutsis at home were considered accomplices of the RPF. In 1994, every Tutsi was accused of being part of the RPF. After the death of the president, organized violence erupted and was directed at the Tutsi.
This violence was justified by associating Tutsis with the RPF and the civil war. They were seen as evil and dangerous, thus making it easy for people to agree that they needed to be exterminated. Initially, the violence was argued as necessary to fight RPF forces. However, as the violence progressed the need to exterminate the enemy was argued through radio propaganda. Killing the Tutsis was made easier because they had been portrayed as the enemy. The Tutsis, in fear for their lives, sought refuge in churches, hospitals and government offices but were attacked. The anti-Tutsi fighters were motivated to exterminate the Tutsis and even attacked them in places they were seeking refuge. The violence met resistance from the RPF who fought back. The preexisting civil war intensified the genocide because the RPF fought to protect the Tutsis. The resistance from the RPF acted to strengthen propaganda that the Tutsis were accomplices of the