This document discusses genocide and provides examples of genocide throughout history. It defines genocide as the deliberate killing of a large group of people from a specific ethnicity, race, nationality or religion. The Holocaust is used as a prominent example of genocide where over 11 million Jews and others were killed by Nazi Germany. Genocides often happen during times of crisis and one group is blamed for problems. The ongoing crisis in Darfur, Sudan is discussed as a current example of genocide where over 400,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since 2003.

1. Genocide Today Maggie Dillon שואה < (“Shoah” in Hebrew means Holocaust)‏

6. Holocaust of WWII Hitler wants to create the “perfect race.” Germany was in a LOT of debt after WWI and they were pretty ashamed. Hitler needed to create a sense of Nationalism among Germany for her to become stable and for him to stay in power. So basically this means one race has to believe it’s superior to another. Hitler blamed the Jews for the economic Crisis. Hitler decides to sacrifice the Jewish race to make his dream of a New World Order to come true.

9. Darfur crisis “ In February 2003, frustrated by poverty and neglect, two Darfurian rebel groups launched an uprising against the Khartoum government. The government responded with a scorched-earth campaign, arming and bankrolling militias against the innocent civilians of Darfur .”

12. Red dots represent the villages destroyed by the crisis. A mother with her sick child at a clinic.