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Gennocides of the 20th and 21st centurys
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Armenian Gennocide
The Armenian gennocide started in 1915 and continued untill 1923. This was when the turkish army killed 1 Million to 1.5 Million Armenians. It is widely known to be one of the first gennocides in the 20th century. -
Holodomor
Joseph Stalin starved the Ukrainian people of grains. by the spring of 1933 people were dieing at the rate of 25,000 people a day. most of these people were childeren. there have been many suspicisoins that this was not a gennocide however most of the evidince proves that it was. -
The Holocaust / World War II
The holocaust is the most studied gennocide in the 20th century. It is studied because the second world war occured becaus the world wanted to stop the attrocities commited by Adolf Hitler. He wanted to systimaticly exterminate the jewish race because of his own personal fantasys of having one master race. -
Mao Zedong Gennocide
Mao Zedong came into power in 1943. He then began to follow in Joseph Stalins footsteps. He was dealing with a national famine when he came up with his plan dubed " the great leap forward". He picked this name because he was trying to jump china's weak economy forward to compete with the western nations. -
Ethiopian Genocide
The ethiopian genocide is not that well known even though the death toll was substaintial. The leader of Ethiopia was starving his citizens creating fammine amongst the people. This led to 1.5 million casualties of this genocide. -
The Cambodian Genocide
The Cambodian gennocide was a terrible incedint. It involved Pol Pot the leader of the Khemer Rouge to storm into the capital city and assume control of the company. Pol Pot had a vision of restoring Cambodia to a farming country. This meant for him to kill off any educated person or any person who seemed like they had an education. -
The Rwandan Gennocide
The Rawandan Gennocide only lasted 100 days. this timespan seems short however the casualties were massive. With minimal United Nations presence the Hutu tribe began to murder the Tutsis. -
Gennocide in Darfur
The gennocide in Darfur was a turn point in the politics behind gennocide. This was because the internet was a prominant resource in 2003. This ment that the governments couldn't bury this topic in the news. The government had to adapt to the change and figure out how to get around the 300,000 death toll.
