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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Lawyer: the word genocide, is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.
New York: Bantam Books, 1997. Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st Ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.
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.”
Genocide is the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group (Merriam-Webster). This is what Hitler did to the six million Jews during the Holocaust, which led to many Jews fighting back. This paper will talk about how the Holocaust victims fought back against Hitler and his army. The Holocaust was a mass killing of Jews and non-Jews who were viewed as unneeded within the world by Adolf Hitler. Hitler became leader of Germany and tortured and killed many people. With Nazi Germany killing and torturing millions of Jews and non-Jews, victims decided to fight back with armed and spiritual resistance.
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
Africa has been an interesting location of conflicts. From the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea to the revolutionary conflict in Libya and Egypt, one of the greatest conflicts is the Rwandan Genocide. The Rwandan Genocide included two tribes in Rwanda: Tutsis and Hutus. Upon revenge, the Hutus massacred many Tutsis and other Hutus that supported the Tutsis. This gruesome war lasted for a 100 days. Up to this date, there have been many devastating effects on Rwanda and the global community. In addition, many people have not had many acknowledgements for the genocide but from this genocide many lessons have been learned around the world.
Genocide is the “deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.” (Dictionary.com, 2010) In 1924, after World War I, Belgian colonists entered Rwanda and allowed the Tutsi dynasty to remain in power. However, after World War II concepts of right and wrong changed. Since the Belgians had been favouring the Tutsis, this change in ethics caused the Belgians to have compassion on the Hutus and promote the Hutu cause, creating tension. (Thompson, 2007) It was the Belgians who cre...
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...
As the news reported that Islamic State committed genocide against Christians and other minorities had suffered serious defeats from recent battles against the allied forces, the images of piles of dead bodies shown to the world in Rwanda about a couple decades ago emerge once again and triggers an interesting puzzle: why did the Rwandan Genocide happen in one of the smallest nations in the African Continent? The documentary film, Rwanda-Do Scars Ever Fade?, upon which this film analysis is based provides an answer to the puzzle.
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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
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Hymowitz, Sarah, and Amelia Parker. "Lessons - The Genocide Teaching Project - Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law." American University Washington College of Law. American UniversityWashington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitaian Law, 2011. Web. 9 Mar. 2011. .