The Holocaust and Bosnian Genocides: a comparison
Genocide: from the Greek word “Genos” meaning race, and English “-cide” denoting the act of killing. The systematic mass destruction of a race, of a culture, of a religion, of ideas and ideologies, of precious human life; and they have been going on for a long time. Though most people typically don’t ever hear about it until we talk about the Holocaust, it was not the first one, nor the last. Even after one of the most prolific mass killings of a race of people, genocide has happened many times after, and Genocide is even happening today. From the 1930’s, fast forward to the 1990’s, from the Holocaust in Germany to Bosnia and beyond.
“January 30th, 1933: President Hindenberg appoints Adolf …show more content…
The Holocaust had officially ended on May 8, 1945. But, not much was done at the beginning to help the Jews in terms of re-establishment and assistance, at least not until the United States decided to step in and start making strides in relieving some of the surviving or otherwise displaced Jewish people. Likewise, during the Serbian genocide of the Bosniak and Croat populations, the world did nothing notably proactive about easing tensions in the region or attempting or effectively try to keep it from happening, thereby taking a reactive stance; only doing something when the truly horrid happened. However, during the Genocide the UN put a lot of effort into the prosecution of those that participated in what was then considered a heinous war crime, but of course being too late to save hundreds of thousands of precious human
Genocide: from the Greek word “Genos” meaning race, and English “-cide” denoting the act of killing. The systematic mass destruction of a race, of a culture, of a religion, of ideas and ideologies, of precious human life; and they have been going on for a long time. Though most people typically don’t ever hear about it until we talk about the Holocaust, it was not the first one, nor the last. Even after one of the most prolific mass killings of a race of people, genocide has happened many times after, and Genocide is even happening today. From the 1930’s, fast forward to the 1990’s, from the Holocaust in Germany to Bosnia and beyond.
“January 30th, 1933: President Hindenberg appoints Adolf …show more content…
The Holocaust had officially ended on May 8, 1945. But, not much was done at the beginning to help the Jews in terms of re-establishment and assistance, at least not until the United States decided to step in and start making strides in relieving some of the surviving or otherwise displaced Jewish people. Likewise, during the Serbian genocide of the Bosniak and Croat populations, the world did nothing notably proactive about easing tensions in the region or attempting or effectively try to keep it from happening, thereby taking a reactive stance; only doing something when the truly horrid happened. However, during the Genocide the UN put a lot of effort into the prosecution of those that participated in what was then considered a heinous war crime, but of course being too late to save hundreds of thousands of precious human