Genocide in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Prompt: Sadly, genocide did not end with the Holocaust. In fact, a lot more people have died from genocide since World War II than were victims of it in the war itself. How and why has this happened? What have been the steps taken to prevent, stop, and punish in regards to genocide since 1945? Have these efforts been successful or not? Explain why. In these more recent genocides, compare and contrast them. What big similarities and big differences have there been? Do we see anything similar in most of them? If so, what and why? Based on what we learned about genocide in your lifetime (since the 1990s), are we on track to finally eradicate these horrors or are we a long way off from that? Explain.
Response:
The Second World War claimed the lives of tens of millions of civilians including six million Jews and other "undesirables" in the attendant Nazi-led Holocaust. Although it seemed at the time that the enormity of this event should be sufficient for humankind to take the steps that were needed to prevent its recurrence, genocide has remained a constant companion of the human race throughout the remainder of the 20th century and into the 21st century. For example,...
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