The Wrath of Voldemort, Hitler, and the Hutu Tribe
“A researcher with the human rights watch found one predominantly Muslim town deserted and partially burned, its residents huddled at a makeshift camp” (Sengupta, Somini). This horrid scene was a result of the violence and hostility between races in the genocide in Rwanda. Genocide is a real life social issue that is also depicted in literature. In Harry Potter, a Daily Prophet article stated: “He has insisted for a year that You-Know-Who was not dead, as was widely hoped and believed, but recruiting followers once more for a fresh attempt to seize power” (Rowling 846). This quote states that Voldemort is once again forming an army to pursue his goal of the genocide of the Mud Bloods. Genocide is a social topic that is effectively portrayed throughout the Harry Potter series with connections to such real world examples as: the genocide in Rwanda and the Holocaust.
A Polish-Jewish lawyer, Raphael Lemkin, is the person known to have created the term genocide (United States Holocaust Museum). The word is derived from a Greek word, genos, meaning “race or tribe”, and a latin word, -cide, meaning killing (World Book Encyclopedia 2005). Genocide is “the deliberate and systematic mistreatment or extermination of a national, racial, political, religious, or cultural
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group” (World Book Encyclopedia 2005). This terrible treatment often comes from organized groups rather than individuals (World Book Encyclopedia 2005). There are several forms of genocide including: not allowing children of a certain group to be born, kidnapping the young children of a group to stop them from learning about their heritage, forcing people to live in conditions that do not support the physic...
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To start off with, what is genocide? Genocide is the killing of a massive number of people of in a group. Genocide has not only been practices in the present day, but it has been practiced for m...
Strauss, Scott. The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda. (Cornell University Press Ithaca and London). 2006.
Spangenburg, Ray, and Diane Moser. The Crime of Genocide: Terror against Humanity. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2000. Print.
When a group feels as if their existence is threatened by another group, the only solution to their problem is the extermination of the opposing group. Genocide is also used to carry out systematic efforts in destroying enemies which will send out warning to other potential enemies. Acquiring economic wealth by destroying a group which stands in the way of that benefit is also another reason genocide is carried out. Finally, to create a “pure race” which means everyone practices the same way, follows the same culture, and the group who does not fit the guidelines, will be exterminated. The Center on Law and Globalization is a charitable organization which presents news about devastating problems in countries across the world. Its authors are reporters and journalist who experience firsthand the problems these countries are facing. In the article, Why Do Genocides Occur? Published by the Center on Law and Globalization, the conditions under which genocide usually occurs includes: when the victims are excluded, which means they have lost their citizenship and denied their rights, in crisis, when their government is in ruins, or in a dictatorial
The word genocide was derived from the Greek root genos (people) and the Latin root cide (killing), and did not exist in the English language until 1944, which was the end of World War II (Power). According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, genocide is “the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.” Such violence occurred during the Holocaust and during the separation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The problems of ethnic cleansing and repression have become so prevalent in the last century that they have contributed to two world wars, over fourteen million deaths, and a new word. United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said, “Far from being consigned to history, genocide and its ilk remain a serious threat. Not just vigilance but a willingness to act are as important today as ever.”
...he human depravity one can imagine. Even though Genocide did not begin with the Holocaust, Germany and Adolf Hitlers’ heartless desire for “Aryanization” came at the high cost of human violence, suffering and humiliation towards the Jewish race. These warning signs during the Holocaust, such as Anti-Semitism, Hitler Youth, Racial profiling, the Ghettos, Lodz, Crystal Night, Pogroms, and Deportation unraveled too late for the world to figure out what was going on and help prevent the horrors that came to pass. The lessons learned from all of this provide a better understanding of all the scars genocide leaves behind past and present. In spite the ongoing research in all of these areas today, we continue to learn new details and accounts. By exploring the various warning signs that pointed toward genocide, valuable knowledge was gained on how not to let it happen again.
By definition, genocide is the mass extermination of a whole group of people, or an attempt to destroy an entire group of people, either in whole or in part. Whether it’s based on race, ethnicity, culture, or religion, the systematic destruction of a certain group of people constitutes as genocide. Forced transfer of the children of a group to another in an attempt to destroy a certain group also counts as genocide. Genocide covers a broad spectrum of points, and it’s surprising that so many of these points actually occur in our civilized society, but it does occur.
History aims to examine the actions and legacy of mankind. The past is filled with the achievements that humans have reached, however, history also shows us the evil that man is capable of. No atrocity against mankind is more heinous than the act of genocide. Genocide is the aim to destroy all (or part of) of a racial, religious, ethnic, or national group of people. This paper will examine two famous cases of genocide in history: The holocaust of Jews and other groups in Nazi Germany, and the destruction of the Congolese people under Belgian colonialism. The Holocaust remains as one of the main legacies of Hitler and the Nazi party, who claimed an estimated 11 million victims, 6 million of which were Jews. Comparatively, the Congolese Genocide
- The meaning of Genocide, and the impact it has on a single person and society.
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This essay will start by observing the principles of preventing genocide that are described under the Convention of the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that was approved in 1948 by the United Nations General assembly (United Nations, 1948). This report will examine the events leading up to and after the Rwandan genocide and the decision by the United Nations that they needed to intervene strictly on humanitarian grounds in Rwanda. It will be argued that the international community and the UN had an inability to recognise the early warnings of international crisis and there was a general unwillingness of national governments to contribute military and financial support. The essay will also critically evaluate the incapacity
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007. Print.