is defined as “The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.” Genocide is nothing new in history, but the term wasn’t around until after World War II. Following the events of the Holocaust, scholars searched to find a new language to describe what happened. The Holocaust is most likely the most known and talked about case of Genocide, but it’s far from the only case.
The Holocaust is one of the most written about events to have occurred in the twentieth century. In 1933 the Nazi Party took over Germany, and by 1939 the Nazis’ plan was in motion. They begun to mark people that they decided were inferior to the Aryan race that Hitler idealized. Those that were marked were sent to …show more content…
People who didn’t fit the Aryan criteria did whatever they could to avoid capture. They disguised themselves and hid, they had to deny being who they were in hopes that they could escape capture.
The Holocaust went on from 1933 up until the end of World War II in 1945. There were nearly six million estimated deaths resulting from Hitler’s “Final Solution”, but some estimates are a lot higher. Hitler’s “Final Solution” was a detailed plan Hitler had to eliminate all Jews from Germany. The different methods of getting this done were deporting Jews to ghettos, concentration and extermination camps, and sterilization. Most of the people that were a victim of forced sterilization were those labeled as physically or mentally handicapped. People of African heritage were also targeted. The Nazis were forced to speed up their plan of ridding themselves of the Jewish people due to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Despite their efforts, it became evident that the Germans were on the losing side. Due to their impending loss they began the death marches, forcing the prisoners to walk from camp to camp. These death marches were named so due to the large number of prisoners that died during them. Those who were not able to keep pace were immediately shot and killed, which many were due to fatigue and illness. No matter how hard they tried to conceal it, the Nazis couldn’t hide their mass murderings forever. In the spring of 1945 the Nazis …show more content…
Territory. By the year 1900, however, the number had reduced to 300,000. The expansion of Europeans into North America, for whatever purpose, is what led to the destruction of Native American lives. The main factor being disease with malnutrition following closely behind. In the pursuit of gold, the colonists set up violent ambushes on tribal villages which added onto the animosity the Natives felt toward them. As a result, multiple wars broke out between the American settlers and Natives, leading to large death tolls, racism, oppression, and land
The Holocaust is one of the most written about events to have occurred in the twentieth century. In 1933 the Nazi Party took over Germany, and by 1939 the Nazis’ plan was in motion. They begun to mark people that they decided were inferior to the Aryan race that Hitler idealized. Those that were marked were sent to …show more content…
People who didn’t fit the Aryan criteria did whatever they could to avoid capture. They disguised themselves and hid, they had to deny being who they were in hopes that they could escape capture.
The Holocaust went on from 1933 up until the end of World War II in 1945. There were nearly six million estimated deaths resulting from Hitler’s “Final Solution”, but some estimates are a lot higher. Hitler’s “Final Solution” was a detailed plan Hitler had to eliminate all Jews from Germany. The different methods of getting this done were deporting Jews to ghettos, concentration and extermination camps, and sterilization. Most of the people that were a victim of forced sterilization were those labeled as physically or mentally handicapped. People of African heritage were also targeted. The Nazis were forced to speed up their plan of ridding themselves of the Jewish people due to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Despite their efforts, it became evident that the Germans were on the losing side. Due to their impending loss they began the death marches, forcing the prisoners to walk from camp to camp. These death marches were named so due to the large number of prisoners that died during them. Those who were not able to keep pace were immediately shot and killed, which many were due to fatigue and illness. No matter how hard they tried to conceal it, the Nazis couldn’t hide their mass murderings forever. In the spring of 1945 the Nazis …show more content…
Territory. By the year 1900, however, the number had reduced to 300,000. The expansion of Europeans into North America, for whatever purpose, is what led to the destruction of Native American lives. The main factor being disease with malnutrition following closely behind. In the pursuit of gold, the colonists set up violent ambushes on tribal villages which added onto the animosity the Natives felt toward them. As a result, multiple wars broke out between the American settlers and Natives, leading to large death tolls, racism, oppression, and land