Dehumanization
The Holocaust happened in Germany in 1939. The Holocaust was when Adolf hitler came to power and believed that the germans were a master race and that the Jews were a threat to them. This era was also known as the Third Reich. To take care of this problem he would put Jews and other “disgraceful” races inside concentration camps for work and execution. The Holocaust was one of the largest scales of genocide in human history. Since the Holocaust the U.N, or United Nations, was formed to prevent large scale genocides like the Holocaust. Gregory H Stanton, A U.N representative, wrote a paper on the 8 stages of genocide and how to prevent them. One of these 8 stages is dehumanization or the process of denying the humanity to another individual or an entire group. Dehumanization is commonly conveyed through hate speech and propaganda. Some dehumanized groups could also experience, in the Holocausts case, youth camps ,to convince the youth that the certain race is bad, and using the dehumanized group as guinea pigs for experiments. Dehumanization is why people during the holocaust supported Jews because through hate speech, propaganda, experiments and the …show more content…
Without the propaganda the act would’ve died almost immediately. Even though dehumanization sounds horrible and hard to prevent there are many ways you can prevent it. As said by Gregory H Stanton “Local and international leaders should condemn the use of hate speech and make it culturally unacceptable. Leaders who incite genocide should be banned from international travel and have their foreign finances frozen. Hate radio stations should be shut down, and hate propaganda banned. Hate crimes and atrocities should be promptly punished.”(Stanton) Dehumanization is a very crucial part of genocide but it is preventable like Gregory said. As long as we’re prepared and know how to deal with it we can prevent large scale genocides like the
The Holocaust happened in Germany in 1939. The Holocaust was when Adolf hitler came to power and believed that the germans were a master race and that the Jews were a threat to them. This era was also known as the Third Reich. To take care of this problem he would put Jews and other “disgraceful” races inside concentration camps for work and execution. The Holocaust was one of the largest scales of genocide in human history. Since the Holocaust the U.N, or United Nations, was formed to prevent large scale genocides like the Holocaust. Gregory H Stanton, A U.N representative, wrote a paper on the 8 stages of genocide and how to prevent them. One of these 8 stages is dehumanization or the process of denying the humanity to another individual or an entire group. Dehumanization is commonly conveyed through hate speech and propaganda. Some dehumanized groups could also experience, in the Holocausts case, youth camps ,to convince the youth that the certain race is bad, and using the dehumanized group as guinea pigs for experiments. Dehumanization is why people during the holocaust supported Jews because through hate speech, propaganda, experiments and the …show more content…
Without the propaganda the act would’ve died almost immediately. Even though dehumanization sounds horrible and hard to prevent there are many ways you can prevent it. As said by Gregory H Stanton “Local and international leaders should condemn the use of hate speech and make it culturally unacceptable. Leaders who incite genocide should be banned from international travel and have their foreign finances frozen. Hate radio stations should be shut down, and hate propaganda banned. Hate crimes and atrocities should be promptly punished.”(Stanton) Dehumanization is a very crucial part of genocide but it is preventable like Gregory said. As long as we’re prepared and know how to deal with it we can prevent large scale genocides like the