As uncomfortable as this subject matter was to read, I have also learned how much they had to sacrifice and went through from visualizing all of the graphic experiences that happened firsthand at war. Bergen does an exceptional job at giving her readers an opportunity to explore in depth about the Holocaust even though we've learned about it throughout our education. These four points are the most important parts of the new insights that I have learned from reading Bergen's book about the war and genocide that happened during the history of the holocaust.
This is something that caught me by surprise because I never knew that it was the way that they spoke to the people that influenced them to believe the Nazi Party and their ideology. It was also never clear to me that aside from the Holocaust being the systematic attempt to exterminate the Jewish people, Hitler also wanted to exterminate "Communists, Social Democrats, liberals-and so-called antisocial elements-vagrants, Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's witnesses, and others." While reading further into the book, it also appears that Hitler only wanted to control the German race. If they were not to his expectations, then he would soon execute them as well with the Jews. Bergen in depth explains the life of Hitler and of his brief biography that supports her take on what he did to cause WWII.
It is an important factor to know that the Nazis did not have to take away all of those innocent lives or like they did it because they were forced to; they chose to do so. There was no rational reason as to why they did it, but there is reason to why they took so much effort into killing so many people. Ultimately Hitler had two notions, "that humanity was engaged in a gigantic struggle between "races," or communities of "blood"; and that "pure Germans," members of the Aryan race, needed space to expand, living space.
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Since World War II, no UN members have been forcibly removed from the map. Territorial disputes, which was the most common cause of wars in the 20th century, have declined dramatically, especially among major world powers, and international borders have stabilized. ... Since war is most of the time a condition for genocide, the incidence of mass slaughter has declined by 90% between 1989 and 2005. The rate of genocide deaths per world population was 1,400 times higher in 1942 than in 2008. ... The world is living in an age of peace and security, even if it may not seem so in certain parts o...
Furthermore, the government acknowledged the death of Armenian citizens during World War I but counters the Muslim Turks perished as well. ... (Frequently Asked Questions About the Armenian Genocide) The Armenian genocide occurred during World War I; as a result, the Ottoman Turkey used the time period to their advantage. ... There were rumors that the Armenians sided with the Russians, who are Christians, during World War I. ... No country wants to be credited for inspiring the Holocaust and World War II. Turks today are most likely unwilling to admit to indirectly causing World War II. ...
This genocide is one of the most well know and publicized genocides, only second to the Nazi's in World War II. ... This invasion is what sparked the Rwandan Civil War, in 1990. During the civil war, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi militia controlled the streets of Rwandan towns and cities. ... Stanton, in 1996, there are eight stages to a genocide, and The Rwandan Genocide follows the eight stages exactly. ... Although the world has not yet developed the international institutions needed to prevent and predict genocide, all that can be done is to work on building these institutions...
I also learned in "Night" that genocide is associated with hatred which is something I will always remember. "Night" was about the holocaust during World War II against Jews. ... There was an immense amount of killings in the Rwanda genocide which I find very hard to forget. ... The treatment of women in the taliban is especially a genocide I will not forget. ... The African slaves were torn from their families, and ultimately survived in a world that had accused and ostracized them at a young age simply because of the color of their skin. ...
However, when the Ottoman Empire began to lose its power and fall apart, the Armenians' hopes of freedom and equality were not expanded; in fact, the Russian and Ottoman Empires fought during World War I subjecting Armenians to the first genocide of the 20th century. ... Several hundred thousand Armenians were killed in programs that were ordered by the Turkish nationalist leader Sultan Abdul Hamid II. ... These Young Turk leaders saw World War I as the perfect opportunity to carry out their plan of genocide. ... In fact, their claim is that Armenians were only removed from the "war ...
The Allied victory in World War I led to Belgian military rule in Burundi in 1916, known then as Ruanda-Urundi. ... After World War II, Ruanda-Urundi was changed from a League of Nations Mandate to a trust territory under the United Nations. ... It took a few weeks before news of the Rwanda genocide reached Burundi and the rest of the outside world. ... Africa, Ambassador Melady observed, would lose its moral standing in the Third World; the genocide would also undermine black Africa's condemnation of apartheid in South Africa. ... State Department a three-pronged approach to stopping t...
As the war achieved its end in 1945, the Allies had gotten to be mindful of shocking monstrosities that had occurred in Eastern Europe. ... Secretary of War, was the person who demanded a trial that would uncover the Nazi's wrong doing. ... Under Count one, the defendants were charged with Conspiracy to Wage Aggressive War. ... Many believe that anyone involved in the mass murder during World War II should have been executed. ... The tribulations that took place after the genocide show that those responsible do not always get the penalization that fits their malefactions and sanction perp...
The aim of this essay is to understand the history prior to the genocide, the reasons for it and the massacres against the Armenians during the war. The first topic to address is the history prior to genocide. ... Much like the National Socialist of pre-World War II, this new group of Turks strove toward a more nationalistic and unified Turkish Empire. ... This idea of Turkification would continue into the war and become mandatory in 1915.9 The second step in understanding the genocide is to understand the reasons the Ottomans had for committing it. ... The last inference as to why the Otto...
