Genocide

Genocide in the 20th Century The Genocide Convention

|| ** ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS ** Q1 – Why do people make distinctions between us and them? Q2- How does society influence our identity? Q3- What influences peoples’ choices when faced with injustices? Q4- What circumstances make genocide possible? Q5- Can there be reconciliation after genocide?

Introduction to Genocide:

What is a Genocide?



The Genocide Convention of 1948 put forth the following explanation of Genocide:

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//“Article II: In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:// ===== //(a) Killing members of the group;// //(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; // //(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; // //(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; // //(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. // //Article III: The following acts shall be punishable: //

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//The Genocide Convention was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948. The Convention entered into force on 12 January 1951. More than 130 nations have ratified the Genocide Convention and over 70 nations have made provisions for the punishment of genocide in domestic criminal law. The text of Article II of the Genocide Convention was included as a crime in Article 6 of the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.// =====

(Source: @http://genocidewatch.net/genocide-2/what-is-it/)

The Ten Stages of Genocide:

The Genocide Convention of 1948: @http://www.oas.org/dil/1948_Convention_on_the_Prevention_and_Punishment_of_the_Crime_of_Genocide.pdf

The Pyramid of Hate:

Using this information, you will be examining and comparing two genocides: The Nazi Holocaust and the Cambodian Genocide of the Khmer Rouge

The rise of the Nazis and the Holocaust - How does a society become active participants in Genocide? Is a genocide possible without the active support of a society?

Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior

The following are pdf's for each chapter of this book, accessible online now.

Chapter 1: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch1.pdf

Chapter 2: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch2.pdf

Chapter 3: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch3.pdf

Chapter 4: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch4.pdf

Chapter 5: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch5.pdf

Chapter 6: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch6.pdf

Chapter 7: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch7.pdf

Chapter 8: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch8.pdf

Chapter 9: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch9.pdf

Chapter 10: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch10.pdf

Chapter 11: @https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/hhb_ch11.pdf


 * The path to Nazi Genocide: **


 * Published on ** **January 13, 2014 by the United States Holocaust Museum. **

The film providing a concise overview of the Holocaust and what made it possible. Using rare footage, the film examines the Nazis' rise and consolidation of power in Germany as well as their racist ideology, propaganda, and persecution of Jews and other innocent civilians. It also outlines the path by which the Nazis led a state to war, and with their collaborators, killed millions -- including systematically murdering 6 million Jewish people. This 38-minute resource is intended to provoke reflection and discussion about the role of ordinary people, institutions, and nations between 1918 and 1945.

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The Cambodian Genocide



An Overview of the Cambodian Genocide:

Coming to Terms With the Past: Cambodia

@http://www.yale.edu/cgp/Cambodia11.pdf

Cambodian Genocide Project: @http://genocidewatch.net/partners-and-projects/cambodian-genocide-project/

Yale University Cambodian Genocide Program: @http://www.yale.edu/cgp/index.html