Transcript Armenian Genocide

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3.12 Literary Criticism: Analyze the way in
which a work of literature is related to the
themes and issues of its historical period.
(Historical approach).
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List and briefly explain everything you know
about the Holocaust, World War II, Adolf
Hitler, and everything you know about
GENOCIDE in particular.
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Genocide is the deliberate and systematic
destruction of an ethnic, racial, religious, or
national group.
The term "genocide" was coined by Raphael
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from the Greek root génos (family, tribe or
race - gene); secondly from Latin -cide (—to
massacre, kill).
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Ethnic Cleansing: the elimination of an
unwanted ethnic group or groups from a
society, as by genocide or forced emigration.
This is just another term for GENOCIDE.
Holocaust:(from the Greek: holos,
"completely" and kaustos, "burnt")
Shoah: "calamity,”—catastrophe, great big
devastation.
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Germany and the World at war from 1938 to 1945.
Russia, America, England and others—allies.
As Germany defeated countries in Europe, they began
deporting all Jews from the countries to POLAND—
where most of the death camps were located.
 Germany was defeated in 1945.
 Russia played a major role in the war—they lost over
25 million people fighting the Germans.
 Russia marched into Berlin, the capital of Germany in
1945, and defeated the Germans.
 As the Russians were fighting the war, they liberated(freed) many concentration camps where the Jews
were being killed.
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http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
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Lets look at Germany, Russia, Armenia,
Turkey England, and Romania—the
birthplace of Elie Wiesel
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Armenian Genocide—April 24, 1915
WWII 1939-1945 -- Between 1941-1945
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Ottoman Turks
1.5 Million Armenians
Nazi Germans
6 Million Jews
Both countries combined are responsible for the murder,
rape, and torture of over 7.5 Million men, women, and
children.
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President of Yugoslavia-Responsible for killed
hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanians. He
thought the Albanians were inferior and wanted a
pure, ethnically clean Serbia for only pure Serbs.
Saloth Sar-AKA Pol Pot, was
responsible for the killing of
over a million Cambodians in
1970s.
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Over 1 Million Cambodians Killed-1970s
Serbs kill over 350,000 Albanians-1994
Over 500,000 Sudanese Murdered in Darfur- Happening
NOW 2008
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Starting in 1915, Turkey systematically
murdered over 1.5 million Armenians.
The Armenian Genocide is remembered every
year on April 24.
April 24, 1915 is when the Turks first started
massacring the Armenians.
Reasons: Religious.
Armenians are Christians
Turks are Muslim.
Turkey wanted an all Muslim nation.
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Death Marches of the Armenians. This would
again be repeated with the Jews.
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Adolf Hitler: “After all, who remembers the
killings of the Armenians?”
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Concentration Camp, Any imprisonment camp
for holding "enemies of Hitler’s Germany.”
The construction of concentration camps began
almost immediately after Hitler gained power in
Germany.
There were several kinds: labor camps, prison
camps and death camps.
Most of the concentration and death camps
were located in POLAND, the rest in Germany.
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Dachau: a concentration camp located in
Germany. First experiment with gas chambers
were undertaken.
 Auschwitz: The largest of Nazi Germany's
concentration camps. Located in Germanyoccupied southern Poland, it took its name from
the nearby town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz in
German).
 Belzec: Death Camp located in Poland. More
than 600,000 Jews were gassed at Belzec
between 1941 and 1943.
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HUTU: The majority ethnic group living in
Rwanda. The Hutu planned and killed
hundreds of thousands of Tutsi’s in 1994.
TUTSI-The minority ethnic group living in
Rwanda.
Ottoman Empire-Also known as the Turkish
Empire, the nation that destroyed 1.5 Million
Armenians.
Final Solution-The system of exterminating
Jews, developed by Adolf Hitler.
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CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY- Crimes, such
as murder, rape, and torture, against a
collective group of people that can occur in
times of war and peace.
“All that is needed for the
triumph of evil is that good
men do nothing!”
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First They Came for the Jews
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First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
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Pastor Martin Niemöller
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Bystander
Witness
Testimonial
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Sonderkommandos/Capos were Jewish
work units of Nazi death camp prisoners
forced to aid the killing process during The
Holocaust—Jews who worked inside the
death camps. Their tasks including
transporting victims of gassing to the ovens,
cleaning the gas chambers of human
excrement and blood, removal of gold from
the teeth of the victims, shaving the heads of
those going to the gas chambers.
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Death Camps, or Killing Centers, a concentration
camp the distinct purpose of which was the
extermination of its inmates. Almost all of the German
death camps were located in Poland: AuschwitzBirkenau, Belzek, Chelmo, Madjanek, Sobibor,
Treblinka.
 Death Marches, At the end of the war when it
became obvious that the German army was trapped
between the Soviets to the east and the advancing
Allied troops from the west, the Nazis, in an attempt
to prevent the liberation of camp inmates, forced
them to march westward. Thousands died in these
marches.
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Deportation, the removal of people from
their areas of residency for purposes of
resettlement elsewhere. With regard to the
Jews of Europe, deportation meant removal
either to a ghetto or a concentration camp in
preparation for yet another removal to an
extermination center.
Trains—Cattle cars
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Gestapo, the German internal security police
- secret police. They terrorized the Jews.
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SS, originally Hitler's elite guard.—the SS
was in charge of the death camps.
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Ghetto, a Yiddish word referring to a walled
section of a city in which Jews were required
to live during the Middle Ages. The concept
was revived by the Nazi regime as part of the
Final Solution to the Jewish Question.
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Juden, The German word for Jew.
Judenrat, Jewish community authority, appointed by
the Nazis for administration within the ghetto.
 Kristallnacht, "Night of broken glass," November 9,
1938, pogrom against German Jews, Jewish
businesses and synagogues orchestrated by the
Gestapo in retaliation for the assassination of a minor
German embassy official in Paris by a 17 year-old
Jewish youth named Herchel Grynzspan. 7,500
businesses and 101 synagogues were destroyed,
almost 100 Jews were killed and several thousand
were arrested and sent to concentration camps. The
beginning of the Holocaust.
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Rabbi: Leader of a Jewish congregation,
similar to the role of a priest or minister.
(synagogue)
Star of David: A six-pointed star which is a
symbol of Judaism. During the Holocaust,
Jews throughout Europe were required to
wear Stars of David on their sleeves or fronts
and backs of their shirts.
Synagogue—Jewish house of worship—a
Jewish Church.
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Aryan: A term for peoples speaking the
language of Europe and India. In Nazi racial
theory, a person of pure German "blood." The
term "non-Aryan" was used to designate Jews,
part-Jews and others of supposedly inferior
racial stock.
“Aryan” people include: Greeks, Slavs, Romans,
Armenians, Germans, Celts, Batls, Iranians,
Indians, and other peoples of European race.
Hitler took this idea of the perfect “Aryan”
race and made it exclusive to Blond Hair, Blue
Eyes German people.
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Antisemitism: Opposition to and discrimination
against Jews.
Stereotype: Biased generalizations about a group
based on hearsay, opinions, and distorted,
preconceived ideas.
Discrimination: : racial and religious intolerance.
Dehumanization: The Nazi policy of denying Jews
basic civil rights such as practicing religion ,
education, and adequate housing.
(First they take away your freedom, then your
shelter, your home, then your family, then your
name, and finally, your life).
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Prejudice- an unfavorable opinion or feeling
formed beforehand or without knowledge,
thought, or reason.
 Intolerance-lack of toleration; unwillingness or
refusal to tolerate or respect contrary opinions
or beliefs, persons of different races or
backgrounds, etc.
 Bigotry- stubborn and complete intolerance of
any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from
one's own.
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Ethnocentricity- the belief in the inherent
superiority of one's own ethnic group or
culture.
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These same flags and ethnocentric beliefs are
also used by the wrong groups.
The KKK in the US
Nazis in Russia
Nazis in America
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Testimonials- A statement in support of a particular truth, fact, or
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In order for us to avoid another Genocide, We must all, as
Members of the Human Race,:
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Educate ourselves
Tolerate people’s differences
Stop Sterotyping
Celebrate each other’s differences
Educate ourselves about other cultures, religions, and traditions.
Be careful with our words and actions
And to stand up and speak when we see racism, hatred, or
intolerance.
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On DQ CARDS re-write the key points of the
lecture.
Highlight all the major parts.
Make it colorful and easy to study off of.
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Propaganda: False or partly false
information used by a government or political
party intended to sway/change the opinions
of the population.
Propaganda uses methods of persuasion to
exaggerate and convince people that what
they are saying is the absolute truth.
BEWARE…BEWARE…BEWARE…BEWARE
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Attack your opponent, as opposed to attacking their arguments.
Appeal to Fear-Make people afraid. Ex. The world will end if we don’t end
Global Warming. If we don’t attack Iraq, they will attack us.
Bandwagon-Join in and do it because everyone is doing it. Ex. Vote for
Obama…Why? Because everyone is voting for him it’s cool….
Lies
Demonizing the Enemy-Making them non-human
Stereotyping or name calling
Scapegoating-Blame it on whatever or whoever you are attacking.
USE Patriotism or Religion to convince someone (Flags, Army, Weapons).
Emotional Appeal
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Dehumanization: Taking away Jews natural rights.
Following the 6 steps of dehumanization.
Gott is Tot: God is Dead in German
“Poetry is not a luxury” – Audre Lorde. Giving a name
to the nameless. Telling other people’s story. A form of
expression.
Silence: Wiesel emphasizes the silence that allowed the
concentration camps; the silence of God to allow such
atrocities to occur.
Denial: You’ll come across sections in the novel where
people are denying what’s happening to them. Unaccepting
of the truth.
Family Love: The relationship between father and son.
Hope: Keeps the Jews alive and pushing forward to a better
future.
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