People are not being killed for what they did they are being killed for who they are. The trend has spread and become far to common.
When we think of genocide World War II comes to mind. Hitler blamed Germanys problems on the Jewish people, claiming the Germans were superior and all other races should be eliminated. Concentration camps were set up and the extermination of the race began. It is suggested that over 11 million people were killed while Hitler was in power, 6 million of those Jews and the other the “undesirable population”.
From 1975-1979 an estimated 1.7-2 million people were killed in Cambodia. With the overthrow of the government, Pol Pot (new leader in Cambodia) believed that the communist model of Mao’s China should now be followed. Anyone who opposed the communist model was to be put to death, they assumed all intellectual and those educated were included in those who were against them and orders to exterminate were given. Among those killed were lawyers, doctors, teachers, bi-lingual’s, people were killed simply for wearing glasses. In 1978 with the invasion of Vietnam Pal Pot was overthrown and the genocide was ended. Rebuilding Cambodia was difficult due lack of foreign aid and the help of professionals who had been put to death.
After one genocide one would like to assume people have learned and surely after two. This is not the case for Bosnia- Herzegovina. From 1992 to 1995 there were over 200,000 deaths caused from conflict between the three major ethic groups: the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims. After the death of Tito (the communist leader) Yugoslavia economic situation declined dramatically. These were not the first genocides, nor will they be the last.
When we think of genocide World War II comes to mind. Hitler blamed Germanys problems on the Jewish people, claiming the Germans were superior and all other races should be eliminated. Concentration camps were set up and the extermination of the race began. It is suggested that over 11 million people were killed while Hitler was in power, 6 million of those Jews and the other the “undesirable population”.
From 1975-1979 an estimated 1.7-2 million people were killed in Cambodia. With the overthrow of the government, Pol Pot (new leader in Cambodia) believed that the communist model of Mao’s China should now be followed. Anyone who opposed the communist model was to be put to death, they assumed all intellectual and those educated were included in those who were against them and orders to exterminate were given. Among those killed were lawyers, doctors, teachers, bi-lingual’s, people were killed simply for wearing glasses. In 1978 with the invasion of Vietnam Pal Pot was overthrown and the genocide was ended. Rebuilding Cambodia was difficult due lack of foreign aid and the help of professionals who had been put to death.
After one genocide one would like to assume people have learned and surely after two. This is not the case for Bosnia- Herzegovina. From 1992 to 1995 there were over 200,000 deaths caused from conflict between the three major ethic groups: the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims. After the death of Tito (the communist leader) Yugoslavia economic situation declined dramatically. These were not the first genocides, nor will they be the last.
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