Genocide

Q1 – Why do people make distinctions between us and them? Q2- How does society influence our identity Q3- What influences peoples’ choices when faced with injustices? Q4- What circumstances make genocide possible? Q5- Can there be reconciliation after genocide? "Our strength is our quickness and our brutality. Genghis Khan had millions of women and children hunted down and killed, deliberately and with a gay heart. History sees in him only the great founder of States. What the weak Western European civilization alleges about me, does not matter. I have given the order—and will have everyone shot who utters but one word of criticism—that the aim of this war does not consist in reaching certain geographical lines, but in the enemies' physical elimination. Thus, for the time being only in the east, I put ready my Death's Head units, with the order to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of the Polish race or language. Only thus will we gain the living space that we need. "  Adolph Hitler
 * ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS **

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[|Lemkin Biography] media type="custom" key="27258628" No two people are exactly alike. Each person possesses traits, characteristics, unique talents and qualities that them who they are. That being said, human beings are pack animals often belonging to one or many groups. It is in those groups that we learn customs languages, & values. We find comfort in times of trouble and companionship in times of joy and hardship. Even as we struggle to identify qualities within ourselves, people or other groups may attach labels on us that differ from the way we see ourselves. Frank Tashlin in "The Bear That Wasn't" uses words and pictures to describe that process. media type="custom" key="27290092" [|Pyramid of Hate] [|POH videos] [|4 short stories] [|The "In Group"] reading #8 Facing History
 * 1) How does our need to be a part a group affect our actions?
 * 2) Why is it so difficult for someone to go against the group?
 * 3) What is the message of the video?

[|Links - Facing History] [|Facing History Ch links]

[|Lemkin Biography] [|Genocide Convention Articles 1-11] - Read and Mark up text - Write a paragraph - In your own words......Why this is important? Let's see if these experts can help you - Click the links on the google doc below [|Choices - Genocide Convention & Human Rights] Or Just go to the Choices Program Here [|Choices - Experts Panel - Genocide] media type="custom" key="27316356" [|Genocide: Worse than War] [|Video Journal - Goldhagen Documentary] [|Justice in Guatemala - Rios Montt Trial] [|CNN Update - Rios Montt Trial] [|18 months after the Conviction - Justice in Guatemala?] [|Dora's Story - the Mayan Genocide - Guatemala] 1993 Documentary -[|"If The Mango Tree Could Speak"]- the continuing story "When We Were Young/There Was A War" - by Patricia Goudvis Keep in mind that the Declaration of Human Rights (UNDR) was drafted by the UN just after the Genocide Convention - They are 2 different documents! What is the difference between these 2 documents? [|Venn Diagram]
 * **Article 1 **

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood || ===**Article 2 **===

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. ||
 * ===Article 3 ===

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person || ===Article 4 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">their forms. ||
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 5 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. || ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 6 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. ||
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 7 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">All are equal before the law and are entitled <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">without any discrimination to equal protection <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">of the law. All are entitled to equal protection · <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The function of the six Organs <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">against any discrimination in violation of this <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">declaration and against any incitement to such <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">discrimination. || ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 8 === <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">constitution or by law. ||
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 9 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">detention or exile || ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 10 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">public hearing by an independent and impartial <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">tribunal, in the determination of his rights and <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">obligations and of any criminal charge against him ||
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 16 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Marriage shall be entered into only with the <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">free and full consent of the intending spouses. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. The family is the natural and fundamental <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">group unit of society and is entitled to protection <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">by society and the State || ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 18 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship andobservance. ||
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 19 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and expression; this right includes freedom to <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">hold opinions without interference and to seek <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">receive and impart information and ideas <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">though any media and regardless of frontier || ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 20 === <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">assembly and association. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. No one may be compelled to belong to an <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">association. ||
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Article 21 ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">expressed in periodic and genuine elections <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secrete vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. || Markup of Dr. Stanton's 10 Stages of Genocide: [|Link] Be sure to
 * What circumstances make genocide possible?**
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1. Classification 2. Symbolization 3. Discrimination 4. Dehumanization 5. Organization 6. Polarization 7. Preparation 8. Persecution 9. Extermination 10. Denial
 * __10 Stages of Genocide__**

[|Dr. Gregory St]ant[|on]

Complete the template below using the 10 Stages of Genocide and your knowledge of history plus the links provided to identify how the Holocaust fit into the 10 Stages of Genocide

[|Stages of Genocide & the Holocaust]

[|Holocaust Timeline] [|History Place on Holocaust] [|Einsatzgruppen Trial - Nuremberg] Also there are some more links on my Holocaust page of this wiki

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Cambodia [|Cambodia][|Facts - Cambodian Genocide]

[|5 W's - Cambodian Genocide] [|History Place - Pol Pot Bio] [|Yale - Maps - Satellite Images] [|Survivor Account - Sokhan] [|Map of Land Mines & Mass Graves] [|Khmer Rouge on Trial] media type="custom" key="25478200"media type="custom" key="25519164"media type="custom" key="25519204" Evacuation Routes During the Genocide

Did the United States try to help Cambodia? Why or why not?
—Jimmy CarterPresident 1976-1981
 * //<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I want our country to set a standard of morality. I feel very deeply that when people are deprived of basic human rights that the president of the United States ought to have a right to express displeasure and do something about it. I want our country to be the focal point for deep concern about human beings all over the world.” //**

What was life like for those living under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge? [|Link for Life Under Khmer Rouge - scroll down]

Resources:
<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Anatomy of a Genocide LINK] [|"Blue Scarves and Yellow Stars"] Dr. Gregory Stanton [|Dith Pran Biography - author of "The Killing Fields"]

media type="custom" key="28428543" [|Landmine removal - Cambodia]

[|Killing Fields - Viewing Sheet] Link to [|Killing Fields] (full film) [|Khmer Rouge on Trial]

[|Peer Edit Sheet] <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">HISTORY GEEKS ONLY [|History of Ancient Temple Angkor Wat] [|Quick History of Khmer Empire & Angkor Wat] [|Learn Khmer]

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[|Digital Archive - Cambodia]

[|Arn Chorn Pond]

[|Cambodian Eyewitnesses - Reading List]

Other Resources
**Soviet Union -** [|Teacher Resources Holodomor] [|Holodomor Eyewitnesses] [|Resource 1]

[|NY Times Reporter - Eyewitness] [|synopsis or crimes & verdicts]

[|Worst Genocides -List]