Cockroaches. Dogs. These names made it easier. They made it easier to senselessly kill not only thousands, but millions without thinking. Without even blinking an eye. How did they do it? How did the Germans slaughter over six million Jews? How did the Hutu militia murder over eight hundred thousand people in what is the fastest killing spree in history? They were simply underestimated. No one could have foreseen what devastation the oppressors brought. The Germans and the Hutu used the eight stages of genocide to create this madness. The genocide of the Jewish and Tutsi people can be seen through their similarities, like the stages of classification and symbolization, and through their differences, like the stages of dehumanization, organization,
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For starters, the Hutu people overthrew the Tutsi power that had been governing over Rwanda for years, and they set up hate radio stations that spread rumors about the Tutsi people wanting revenge to encourage the Hutu people to rise up (White). On the other hand, the Jewish people did not suffer from hate radio stations, but they were treated like animals when they were shoved into cattle cars. Another major difference between the two genocides is the fact that the Tutsi persecutors were civilian-based militias, so the Tutsi were killed by their neighbors, friends, and family (White 40). In contrast to the Hutu, the Germans murdered the Jews in the form of the army, and the Einsatzgruppen, otherwise known as mobile killing squads. The mobile killing squads would herd together groups of Jews, bring them outside their towns, shoot them, and then bury them in mass graves (Berenbaum). With all things considered, the Germans and the Hutu wanted to make sure the Tutsi and Jewish people knew they were not wanted, so they treated them like they were the scum of the …show more content…
There is no way to plausibly justify the actions of the Germans and Hutus, but we can educate the future generations. Imagine if another genocide were to happen in the next few
For starters, the Hutu people overthrew the Tutsi power that had been governing over Rwanda for years, and they set up hate radio stations that spread rumors about the Tutsi people wanting revenge to encourage the Hutu people to rise up (White). On the other hand, the Jewish people did not suffer from hate radio stations, but they were treated like animals when they were shoved into cattle cars. Another major difference between the two genocides is the fact that the Tutsi persecutors were civilian-based militias, so the Tutsi were killed by their neighbors, friends, and family (White 40). In contrast to the Hutu, the Germans murdered the Jews in the form of the army, and the Einsatzgruppen, otherwise known as mobile killing squads. The mobile killing squads would herd together groups of Jews, bring them outside their towns, shoot them, and then bury them in mass graves (Berenbaum). With all things considered, the Germans and the Hutu wanted to make sure the Tutsi and Jewish people knew they were not wanted, so they treated them like they were the scum of the …show more content…
There is no way to plausibly justify the actions of the Germans and Hutus, but we can educate the future generations. Imagine if another genocide were to happen in the next few