1. Holocaust and Genocide

2. Genocide Definition Many genocides have occurred throughout history
Deliberate and systematic destruction (in whole or part) of an ethnic group
Can be religious, racial, national, etc.
Many genocides have occurred throughout history
Carthage was destroyed by Rome
Genghis Khan and his followers left a trail of genocidal actions
Some historians have argued the US treatment towards Native Americans showed elements of genocide

3. Holocaust
Holocaust
Systematic killing of minorities by Nazi Germany

4. Holocaust continued What makes it different than other genocides?
Body count
Estimated million deaths
Approximately 6 million were Jews
Other targets: gypsies, homosexuals, Poles, Soviets, anyone deemed “unfit” for society
Systematic
Very organized process from start to finish
Polarization
People supported the idea

5. Adolf Hitler 1889-1945 Austrian Early Life World War I Postwar actions
Jail and Mein Kampf
Rise to power
Vision of Germania

6. Steps of Destruction
Hitler had a clear vision to carry out the Holocaust
Tina Lack of Florida published a paper on these steps
We will review this steps in an effort to better understand the Holocaust and prevent any personal actions that may make others feel inferior

7. Steps of Destruction Classification Identify the groups/targets
Use propaganda or media to publicly identify groups
Must prove why the groups deserve targeting

8. Steps of Destruction Symbolization Dehumanization
Visually separate groups from others
Nazis forced people in concentration camps to wear triangles on their clothing
Dehumanization
Brainwash groups to feel inferior and create superiority over them
Includes hate symbols and separation from superior group

9. Steps of Destruction Organization, Polarization, Preparation
Organize inferior groups into areas
Nazis used concentration camps for this
Polarization prevents interaction and intensifies hate
Make people encourage the superiors to remove the inferiors from everyday life
Preparation
Physical separation and prepare for death

10. Steps of Destruction Extermination Denial
The killing of the inferiors
Denial
Worst step of all
People refuse to recognize the actions and effects of the murders
There are Holocaust deniers today, despite overwhelming evidence
Video clip of the violence and steps of the Holocaust

11. After Effects 2/3 of European Jewish population are killed
International focus on Jews and other minority groups
Rise of Zionism and return to Israel
Creation of the state of Israel in 1948
Caused displacement of Palestinians already inhabiting the land
Violence has scarred Israel since over rightful ownership of land

12. Continued Genocides
The international community tried to prevent genocides after the Holocaust
Nonetheless, genocides have still occurred
Cambodia under Pol Pot
Rwanda
Iraq (murder of the Kurdish people by Sadam Hussein)
Darfur

13. Darfur Darfur is in Sudan, northeast Africa Civil War since 1970
North (industrial) vs South (agricultural)
North is mostly Arabs
South is mostly Africans
Flow economic aid was stopped to South
Displacement, racial violence, wage gap forced further violence
UN has gotten involved but refuses to call it a genocide
Show Darfur video