20th Century American Wars
The United States needs to look more into the perspectives of other genocides in the past. The past genocides will make people understand why genocides needs put to an end and never happens again. There were many events that made people understand to stop genocides and to prevent them. America can look back on the the Holocaust, end Japanese Aggression in 1937, and how the U.S. should treat genocides in the future more better. The United States should be responsible for stopping future genocide
The Holocaust was a disastrous event that involved 6 million jews dying. America tried to stop it, but was involved in the great depression while this was going on, so the Unites States did nothing to support or help the Holocaust. The americans didn’t want anymore refugees and immigrants while the great depression was going on. After the great depression was over, the U.S. gave weapons to the britains soldiers, so they could take on the germany and rescue the jews from them. The United States had a refugee board, so they could get jews to come to the America. The United States was however too late and most of the jews had already died. (Richard, 1987)
Next, the event Japanese Aggression in the 1937s can help tell more info on past genocides. The event was about Japan who bombed pearl harbor. This
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U.S. should take into action the many possible moves or ideas into consideration. (Santon, 2000) America can use these tactics to stop future genocide by preventing them early and understanding the circumstances that will involve other people perspectives. Trying to look in their shoes and trying to think what would people do to not make people angry or rebel. Back up plans or ideas also can improve on making the right
The Holocaust is one of the most learned about events in history. The question is, why do we learn about it? We choose to keep the horrors of the Holocaust fresh in our minds and the minds of our children to keep it from ever happening again. The United Nations was formed to keep another World War from happening. We study the Holocaust so that we can identify the early stages of genocide and stop it before it starts. We put so much effort studying history to keep it from repeating itself.
The Holocaust was a horrible time for everyone involved, but for the Jews it was the worst. The Jews no longer had names they became numbers. Also they would fight and the S.S. would watch and enjoy. They lost all personal items, then forced to look and dress the same. This was an extremely painful and agonizing process to dehumanize the Jews. Which made it easier to take control of the Jews and get rid of them.
The United Nations did not prevent that future genocide. Sadly, there are many genocides that occurred after the Holocaust. the Bosnian genocide) despite the term “never again”. Many countries refuse to intervene and help the people suffering in the genocide for their own selfish reasons.
The Holocaust impacted Americans in a number of ways. On one note the Holocaust instilled a number of fears into American’s minds. One being that Americans feared Nazis infiltration (American and the Holocaust: Exploring US Responses) The Nazis and their ability to invade was unprecedented during this time period and their main targets were Jews and non- Aryans thus, Americans feared that by raising immigration quotas and allowing an abundant amount of Jewish refugees into America it would set off Nazis and they would attack America at its heart. Along with fears of infiltration there were financial fears that Americans were facing which lead to the govt. being against reforming the quotas, due to the depression that Americans were dealing with. America’s original solution to settling these fears was the concept of isolationism, so they could focus on domestic issues (Holocaust memorial museum). One of the general issues that arose during the Holocaust was that the subject matter addressed during the Holocaust as far as U.S laws went was an unprecedented event that w...
A lot of people may argue that it is not necessary for America to teach global conflicts like the Holocaust and Rwanda, however, it is important to learn about it to keep the citizens safe for future conflicts. If we continue to teach it in schools, it will be prevented in the future and to inform people on all the innocent lives that were lost and how cruel some people can be, and if one person steps up and tries to make a difference, the amount of genocides could really go down. By doing so, it will help genocides from not happening in the future, inform people about all the innocent lives that were lost and to show people how one person really can make a difference, and it is important to maintain peace throughout the world so they do not happen again. Contact your senators and/or school board today to ensure that America will continue to teach about global conflicts, and if they do not already, you could try to persuade them
The Holocaust has many reasons to it. Some peoples’ questions are never answered about the Holocaust and some answers are. The Holocaust killed over 6 million Jews (Byers.p.10.) Over 1.5 million children (Byers, p.10.)They were all sent to concentration camps to do hard labor work. Jewish people weren’t the only ones sent to concentration camps. People such as people with disabilities, Homosexuals, Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists, and Socialists (Byers.p.12). Everyone that was sent to concentration camps was sent via Train cars (www.historychannel.com). They had no food, water, or rest rooms up to 18 days. Many people died from the lack of food and water (Byers, p.15.). They children under 12 and elderly were sent to death camps because they were too weak or young too do the hard labor work so they were exterminated quickly (Byers, p.17.). Everybody at the camps were ordered to wear a certain colored star so they were easily spotted. The Holocaust went on from 1939 to 1945. Throughout all those years it was BAD.
A total of 11 million people died during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was started by the Nazi’s in the 1930’s. It was were about six million Jews were killed. Misinformed individuals theorize that the Holocaust is not a form of genocide but they are misguided. The Holocaust should be considered an example of genocide based on the UN’s definition, the stages of genocide and the specific evidence provided in the memoir Night.
The Holocaust ended 70 years ago, it involved over 11 million deaths. Hitler blamed all Jews for everything wrong with Germany. The Holocaust was the mass murder of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazis. They were taken to concentration camps where they were treated like animals. Before the concentration camps, their human rights were taken, and also making them wear gold stars to identify the Jews better and faster. The Jews were taken from camp to camp until they finally arrived to the deadliest camp of them all, Auschwitz. The Holocaust also lasted 12 years from January of 1933 to May 8 of 1945. It all started when Adolf Hitler came into power. The Holocaust should never be forgotten because first of all, there were too many deaths. Second, because they were innocent people who
Genocide is a pressing issue with a multitude of questions and debates surrounding it. It is the opinion of many people that the United Nations should not get involved with or try to stop ongoing genocide because of costs or impositions on the rights of a country, but what about the rights of an individual? The UN should get involved in human rights crimes that may lead to genocide to prevent millions of deaths, save money on humanitarian aid and clean up, and fulfill their responsibilities to stop such crimes. It is preferable to stop genocide before it occurs through diplomacy, but if necessary, military force may be used as a last resort. Navi Pillay, Human Rights High Commissioner, stated, “Concerted efforts by the international community at critical moments in time could prevent the escalation of violence into genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or ethnic cleansing.”
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
One could begin with the issue of genocide. In 1994, between half a million and a million members of the Tutsi tribe were slaughtered by Hutu tribal militias. Even though this massacre was widely covered by the news, the United States did nothing to help stop the killing. President Clinton offered an explanation to survivors in Kilagi for this. He said that he ?did not fully appreciate the depth and the speed with which [the survivors] were being engulfed by this unimaginable terror.? (Kelly)
Reading the news mere moments ago, people are realizing Trump’s viewpoints are too fascist even for the furthest right-wing GOP member, denouncing his actions and beliefs. However, the very possibility of genocide on U.S. soil does bring up a different side to the Myth of Individualism. Perhaps it is not individualism itself that is the issue, but that it is not traded off through viewing ourselves as a collective as well. If everyone in the world saw themselves as both individuals and affected within their environments. As well as, viewed everyone else in a similar light, then perhaps a greater interconnectivity and understanding could be reached. Perhaps it is following the old saying, ‘put yourself in someone else’s shoes’ that is required to act as a prevention of sorts. I will say, however, that history has already placed her bets against us. It is up to us as a people to decide if she will
The Holocaust was one of the most tragic and trying times for the Jewish people. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and other minorities that the Nazis considered undesirable were detained in concentration camps, death camps, or labor camps. There, they were forced to work and live in the harshest of conditions, starved, and brutally murdered. Horrific things went on in Auschwitz and Majdenek during the Holocaust that wiped out approximately 1,378,000 people combined. “There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.” –Fidel Castro
Many times we ask why nobody did anything to stop such horrific events from happening. Actually, many people said that this would never happen again but this is not the case. Since the Holocaust we have seen several examples of how the general public sometimes refuses to acknowledge the occurrence of events and how the government often has little political will to stop mass murders until it is too late. One example of this that occurred not too long ago is the Rwandan Genocide. In 1994, between half a million to a million Rwandan Tutsi as well as thousands of moderate Hutu, were exterminated in the clearest mass murder case since the Holocaust. The world stood back and observed as the murders took place. Samantha Power, in the book she wrote, A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide1,and her article The Atlantic Monthly, “Bystanders to Genocide: Why the United States Let the Rwandan Tragedy Happen,” Power writes “The story of U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil. U.S. officials did not sit around and conspire to allow genocide to happen. But whatever their convictions about ‘never again,’ many of them did sit around, and they most certainly did allow genocide to happen.”2 Samantha Power's writing shows that the U.S. government knew enough about the genocide through early warnings but nevertheless because they lacked political will to do anything about it they passed up many opportunities to end the rain of terror.3
In 1945 World War II ends. The Germans have attempted genocide and have killed nearly 6 million jews. After the war we said “Never again”. The attempt of genocide has happened many times since. We know it has happened, we know it is happening, and it will happen in the future. The real question is what will we do about it? Will we stand by and watch? Will we stop the act from ever happening? After World War II, we should all know that genocide is not that answer to anything. However, some believe different. Have we truly learned our lesson?