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Rwandan Genocide vs Holocaust

Did you know that a small country the size of Maryland in Africa called Rwanda had a Genocide? Because the genocide happened in a small country it did not affect a lot so it was not as popular or well known as the holocaust. The Rwandan genocide and the Holocaust happened in different continents. The forms of torture were different. The time zones at which the genocides happened were different. There were some similarities to like both genocides used numerous amounts of propaganda because it their way of manipulating the public to believe that the Jews and Tutsis were bad people. Both genocides involved one group trying to eliminate another. They both killed a certain ethnic group or race. Although there are some differences between the holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide, there are also some similarities . …show more content…

The Holocaust started because of the hatred of Jews because of race and religion and Hitler wanted to blame Jews for Great Depression following WWI. (“Introduction to the Holocaust” 2017) When President Habyarimana (a Hutu) plane got shot down, Hutus extremist assumed it was the Tutsi who did it. (History.com Staff 2017) The Holocaust started January 30, 1933 and ended May 8, 1945. (“Introduction to the Holocaust” 2017) The Rwandan Genocide took place April- July 1994 a span of only 100 days. (“Talking About Genocide- Genocides” 2018) It ended when the RPF captured the Kigali government. (“Rwanda A Historical Chronology” 2018) Holocaust happened in Europe, mostly Germany, Poland, and Austria. (“Introduction to the Holocaust” 2017) The Rwandan genocide started in Kigali the capital city of Rwanda and spread rapidly throughout it.(History.com Staff

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C. Introduction The Rwandan genocide lasted three months and in those three months it is said that 1 million Tutsis were killed. The Holocaust lasted 4 years and 6 million Jews were killed. Bearing this in mind it would be expected that The Rwandan genocide should be extremely well known because of the loss of lives, impact and brutality of the event and the similarities it holds with The Holocaust. The fact is that the Rwandan Genocide is not very well known and is not thought to be in the same category as The Holocaust, where in fact it is.

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The Armenian and Rwandan genocides are the same in ways because they both occurred during or immeadility after a significant war occurred. They are different because they have different reason why they were attacked and targeted. Both of them had a significant loss of life during the genocides but there is still one major thing that makes them different. They were attacked at different time periods and the real reason why they were attacked is still greatly unknown today.

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The immense brutality those were faced with during the Holocaust, left most with such deep scarring and trauma, still plays an ongoing role in their lives, even now, 77 years after it has ended. Although the Holocaust has ended, the devastating effects of genocide are still shown and taking place throughout several other parts of the world, the Rwandan genocide being one of them. The Rwandan genocide was a huge massacre of over 800,000 people. During this time, hundreds of thousands of Tutsis (14% of Rwandan population) were being attacked by the Hutus (85% of Rwandan population) as the Hutus felt they were being discriminated against and that the Tutsis were being favored by the Belgian government. This being said, the Hutus decided to take action and rebel against them, causing an exploding massacre across Rwanda.

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Although they happened 9,951 of miles away and almost 37 years apart, the Holocaust and the Rwanda Genocide were both the result of power-hungry dictators seeking to control a weaker population. The two genocides didn't start for the same reasons; they both

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The two genocides I researched are very similar. It was two groups of people killed based upon not only their religious beliefs but who they were as people. The holocaust and the Armenian genocide was a result of the government taking it upon themselves to eliminate the Armenians and the Jews to ethnically cleanse their nations. Both the Nazis and the Turks started with propaganda by demonizing them and viewing them as enemies. They than took away their rights, weapons, homes, etc., and finally isolated them into ghettos, concentrations camps, or into hiding.

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For instance, one difference is where they took place. The Holocaust was mostly in Europe and the Rwandan genocide was in Africa (Rwanda). The fact that they were so far away from each other proves that genocides can happen anywhere. Some just because one person doesn't like a group (Hitler in reference to the Holocaust). Both groups took their “victims” by surprise per-say.

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The genocide was an after affect of the scramble for Africa by European countries who help no regard for the people who already lived their. In the scramble for Africa many European countries raced to make claims on land in Africa that was already lived on by natives, they mistreated the natives and killed and enslaved many of them. This was prevalent in Rwanda when the belgians imperialized the land. The belgians sent the Hutus who were the majority of the population into slavery and lead to mass deaths of their people. But they lead the land through another ethnic group the tutsis who made up about 15% of the population compared to the 85% population of Hutus.

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