any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national,...
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Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group
Killing members of the group Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members
of the group Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of
life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group
Nazi Germany – Adolph Hitler
Exterminated 6 million Jews 5 – 11 million – Poles,
Romanians, Soviet prisoners, Soviet citizens, people with disabilities, gay men, political prisoners
1930’s – laws banning Jews from schools and jobs
Destruction of Jewish synagogues, business, and homes
Established concentration camps
Relocated Jews to ghettos Medical experiments
Prisoners rounded up Transported to camps Selected
To the right, worked to death
To the left, the gas chambers
April 6 – mid July 1994 Conflict between Tutsis and
Hutu’s Hutu’s murdered at least ½
million Tutsis and moderate Hutu’s
Little international effort to stop the violence
Killing stopped when Tutsi rebel, Paul Kagame seized power
Hutu’s fled to nearby Democratic Republic of Congo
Led to Congo wars Violence between Tutsis and
Hutu’s also in Burundi
Formerly part of Yugoslavia 2 states, BH and Republic of
Srpska Three ethnic groups
BosniaksSerbsCroats
Who – The people of Darfur What - Genocide When – Now Where – A western region of
Sudan Why – Ethnic or racial identity How - Genocide