Analysis Of The Armenian Genocide: To Kill A People By John Cox

History is a magnificent subject. Its magnificent because we can always learn from it, yet it is constantly expanding, introducing new ideas and new philosophies. With these ever-changing ideas and philosophies, we go through some horrific times. As discussed in the book “To Kill a People” by John Cox, humanity will do awful things in an attempt to spread their ideals. That is why I believe that the four major genocides to plague this past century have more in common, than they have different.

The Armenian Genocide took place between the years 1915 through 1923. In this genocide, more than 1.5 million people were killed. These were performed through intentional killings, starvation, exhaustion and epidemics that overwhelmed the concentration

In this genocide, more than 17 million Jews, Russians, Pols, Romanies, etc. were killed during the time span of 1941 through 1945. A majority of these killings were carried out by Nazi Germany during the period of World War II. The hatred for Jews can be traced back nearly 3,000 years! The Jewish people were seen as individuals that refused to incorporate dominate culture and believed solely in their beliefs instead of their neighbors. As Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, began to gain traction throughout Germany it was prevalent that the Jewish people would be used for his political gain. Hitler would go on to blame the reason that Germany lost in World War I was because of the Jewish people, and that the Jews were an inferior race. A broad scope of this genocide would suggest that the Jewish people just accepted their “fate” and walked freely into the concentration camps, this belief is simply untrue. While thousands and perhaps millions might have due to age, illness, or other uncontrollable situation, hundreds of thousands resisted. Many took to the streets to fight with “arms in hand” (Cox 2017), but perhaps much more often they resisted by forming clandestine religious schools, secret libraries and archives to help raise money for individuals with family members in concentration camps. The mass genocide only ended due to Hitler’s inability to standby a peace treaty he had signed with Russia stating that they wouldn’t invade. After this invasion Germany was forced to fight on two fronts, effectively splitting the units and making them weaker. Russia, the US, Great Britain and others would soon close in on the German army and force a surrender. Hitler ended up taking his own life, therefore not having to face legal consequences. Instead the entire country of Germany was found responsible for the genocide and ordered to pay for World War II and Holocaust survivors for damaging