The Consequences Of Genocide

Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Leading up to a genocide, there are several ‘telltale signs’ that can warn a country of upcoming conflict such as dehumanization of specific groups, classification and symbolization. The question at hand is how citizens of these countries impending genocide ignore these signs. In some cases, the citizens do not take action as the killing of mass numbers of people are done in private remote areas, secret to all. For example, in the Holocaust Genocide in 1933-1945, citizens of Germany and surrounding areas where not informed of the actions of their leader, Adolf Hitler, as all of these terrible events happened in secluded camps far from …show more content…
An example of this is the Holodomor Genocide in Ukraine in 1932-1933, also known and the forced starvation genocide. In this genocide Ukrainian villagers were forced to supply all of their grain to the Soviet government, resulting in mass starvation. Between 7 and 10 million Ukrainians were starved to death. The Ukrainian citizens were unable to stop this from continuing as their land was threatened to be taken as well as threatening them with violence. In this situation, the citizens did not ignore the signs of genocide, they were unable to do anything, because if they would it would risk their lives and life work. Another situation that could cause citizens to not be able to prevent genocide, is it it is beyond their power to intervene. In the case of the Darfurian Genocide of 2003, the conflict dates back hundreds of years earlier. This genocide sparked in the middle of an ongoing civil war in Sudan and another between its neighbouring countries Chad and Libya. In addition to the non-stop violence and war in sudan, the government wasn't attempting to end the turmoil, but was supporting