Wikipedia describes Genocide as the deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic, religious or national group. In many cases people have been killed to exterminate a certain race or culture, an example of this would be the Holocaust.
At Auschwitz, up to 8,000 people were gassed every day by the spring of 1944.
This picture above is an image taken after the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. 800 000 to 1 million ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutu were killed from April 6, 1994 to July 19, 1994.
99.9% of Rwandan children witnessed violence
76.6% of Rwandan children experienced death within their family
69.5% of Rwandan children witnessed someone being killed
57.7% of Rwandan children witnessed killings or injuries with machetes
31.4% of Rwandan children witnessed rape or sexual assault
According to www.dictionary.com the term Genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. An example of this would be the Cambodian Genocide of 1975-1979. This genocide was led by Pol Pot, a radical communist group who believed that they could successfully create a classless society by simply exterminating all social classes except for poor peasants.
The picture above is an image of a place called "The Killing Fields" in Cambodia. The Killing Fields were the site where thousands of Cambodians were murdered during the Cambodian Genocide.
In the Cambodian Genocide (1975-1979) approximately 21% of the total population (1.3 million) was murdered.
At Auschwitz, up to 8,000 people were gassed every day by the spring of 1944.
This picture above is an image taken after the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. 800 000 to 1 million ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutu were killed from April 6, 1994 to July 19, 1994.
99.9% of Rwandan children witnessed violence
76.6% of Rwandan children experienced death within their family
69.5% of Rwandan children witnessed someone being killed
57.7% of Rwandan children witnessed killings or injuries with machetes
31.4% of Rwandan children witnessed rape or sexual assault
According to www.dictionary.com the term Genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. An example of this would be the Cambodian Genocide of 1975-1979. This genocide was led by Pol Pot, a radical communist group who believed that they could successfully create a classless society by simply exterminating all social classes except for poor peasants.
The picture above is an image of a place called "The Killing Fields" in Cambodia. The Killing Fields were the site where thousands of Cambodians were murdered during the Cambodian Genocide.
In the Cambodian Genocide (1975-1979) approximately 21% of the total population (1.3 million) was murdered.
Links:
"Cambodia 1975.", http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia1.html, June 15, 2008.
"The Killing Fields.", http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/pages/cur/baker_00/2002-p3/baker_p3_12-01_eg/killing%20fields%20(2).jpg, June 15, 2008.
"Cambodian Genocide Program.", http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/r/153/whm.html, June 15, 2008.
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