Ethnic cleansing

The Armenian people and the Jewish people were both involved in a genocide based on prejudice, with the intent to completely wipe out their race. The Nazi’s and The Turkish people were responsible for the Genocide of these two groups. The Nazis carried out one of the most notorious crimes in history, The Holocaust. They killed countless minorities but specifically targeted the Jewish. During World War 1, The Ottoman Empire was having a lot of turmoil between the two main ethnicities in the…

Genocide has been around forever but what exactly is genocide? To start genocide can mean a lot of things. Although its exact definition is genocide is the act of killing members of the group, causing bodily or mental harm to members of a group and preventing average family life (Genocide watch). Genocide is obviously very serious and dangerous. Next there is stages of genocide. There is 10 stages including discrimination, organization, preparation etc (Genocide watch). Every stage of genocide…

Thesis: Within the endless sands crossing between, the decaying Ottoman Empire, millions of Armenians were sent on to their deaths by being forced across these sands by the Turkish government. In Chris Bohjalian, Sandcastle Girls, he creates a fictional novel that showcases these atrocities, while entwining the story into personable characters and an engaging story. The thesis of Sandcastle Girls is to create a fictional love story, which allows the reader to gain an understanding of the events…

The term “genocide” was created by Raphael Lemkin, who had been strongly influenced by his study of the Armenian case and the persecution of Jews under Nazi law (Bright, 2015). A country like Turkey still actively denies the Armenian genocide and has passed a law to punish an individual up to 10 years in prison, to discuss the Armenian genocide (Armenian Genocide, 2010). However, there is evidence against the Turkish government that prove the Ottoman Empire intended to exterminate the Armenian…

The Armenian Genocide is sometimes referred to as the Armenian Holocaust because it reflects some of the Holocausts key attributes. Primarily, it was a targeted execution of the Armenian population (an ethnic group) living in the Ottoman Empire. The Armenians had once been their own country but then had been absorbed into the Ottoman Empire. Soon following the beginning of Ottoman rule, the Ottoman government began persecuting Armenians. This persecution began by limiting the Armenians rights…

Beginning of this semester, we had to write a paper on what Genocide meant and the cause of Genocide. In that paper, I stated that I know a little bit about Genocide because of the media but I don’t know anything as to how it had happened or the causation. In the media, it mainly focuses on the Holocaust and Genocide in Darfur but there seems to be no discussion on other Genocide that had happened or happening. I was surprised to learn about the Armani Genocide and Cambodian Genocide because it…

“Hakob Moutafian tells the story of his grandfather, also named Hakob, who was from the village Kamurj in Urfa. According to him, during the massacres, he and his parents were exiled and made to walk the desert of Deir ez-Zor, where they cut off Armenians’ heads and threw them into the Euphrates.”, According to genocide-museum.am. The Armenian Genocide was atrocious. Millions of Armenians were killed by the Turkish government. These Armenians were killed in an attempt to create a new consistent…

Introduction Rohingya people, one of the world most persecuted minorities. It is a minority race which is mostly Muslim that live in Myanmar, a country that its main religion is Buddhism. The conflict between the Rohingya and Myanmar has been occurred for a long time, which can be traced back to the 20th century during the time period of World War II. The Rohingya people have been living in Myanmar as early as 12th century according to historians and the Rohingya people. The amount of Rohingya…

Memory is a concept that is solid yet malleable, like the tides of the ocean forever moving, shifting and changing the sands around it. This is where the dangers lie in relying exclusively on memories to remember genocide. In both the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust, the use of memory can provide us with immense information and details on the events that happened to individuals. As opinions, experiences, and life can change, memory can change too; especially when the idea of collective…

mostly destroyed by bombing and shares how the Zabinskis used the empty zoo to hide and shelter Jews to save them from the Nazis ' attempted extermination” ("Diane Ackerman"). Genocides mostly seem to occur due to the hatred felt towards a particular ethnic group which results in the devastating aftermath. The Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide occurred during the era when human rights still weren’t introduced universally, as it became…