Eight Stages Of Genocide Essay

Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Genocide had come into effect only after world war one. In 1948 the United Nations declared genocide was a crime. There is eight stages of genocide: classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination, and denial. Here are some examples of the eight stages of genocide; they are being distinguished by nationality, ethnic, race or religion. Symbolization as in group uniforms: Nazi Swastika armbands, yellow stars for jews, blue checkered scarf Eastern zone in Cambodia. One group denies the humanity of another group, and make the victim group seem subhuman, enforced curfews for Jews, pulled out of schools, banned from professions, excluded from military services, forbidden to share a park bench with a non-Jew. Genocides did not occur spontaneously they were planned. Hate groups broadcast polarizing and propaganda. Each group is separated by ethnic or religious identity and death list are drawn up. The Nazi used poison gas on mental patients in 1939 acting toward extermination. They burn bodies, blame what happened on the victims. Genocide in Armenia started on april 24, 1915 because the Armenians …show more content…
In Article 1 it says that humans are equal to each other but in the Rwandan genocide the Tutsis were murdered for who they were. In Article 2 fit because you can't discriminate on people with different religions and in the Holocaust they did. In Article 3 it says that everyone has the right to life and that was taken away from a lot of people in all of the genocides. In Article 15 it say everyone has the right to a nationality and in Bosnia the Serbs wanted everyone to be Serbs. In Article 26 it says everyone has a right to an education and in cambodia everyone was pulled out of