Genocides past and present
Alyssa Bogart
What is genocide?
The definition of genocide is ' the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, caste, religious, or national group. It has been the cause of millions of deaths all over the earth. It is also when members forceably tell someone that they have to change religion.
Past genocides.
There have been many different genocides in the past. There was the Armenia genocide, that was the cause of more than one million deaths because of poor living conditions. And the holocaust in Germany, that was the cause of about 10 million deaths. And in Cambodia that killed approximately 1.7 and 2 million people.
Who was killed in the holocaust?
Jews
The Jewish people were killed because of their religion. They were put into concentration camps and into the crematorium. Women and children were killed immediately.
Gypsies
They were killed because they were "unblooded". They were aryans. They were not allowed to marry Germans. And they were put in Jewish ghettos. The Jews didn't like them either.
Polish people
The polish people were only supposed to exist to be slaves for the Germans. They killed millions, the old and sick were killed immediately. As were the children.
Genocides today?
Syrian genocide
Since march 2011 there have been mank killings of pro democratic citizens in Syria. Attacks on civilians by the al-assad régime have gotten worse because the government has started to be involved. The death toll has reached 700,000 people by July 2011. They use gas and guns to exterminate the citizens