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GENOCIDE. Mert Oşar. What is genocide ?. Genocide means group killing in Latin. The word “ Genocide”was first used by Raphael Lemkin , a polish, Jewish legal scholar . I think the best example for genocide is the annihilation of Jews , commited by Adolf Hitler.
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GENOCIDE Mert Oşar
What is genocide? • Genocidemeansgroupkilling in Latin. • Theword “Genocide”wasfirstusedbyRaphael Lemkin, a polish, Jewish legal scholar. • I thinkthebestexampleforgenocide is theannihilation of Jews, commitedby Adolf Hitler.
WhenwastheJewishgenocide? • TheJewishgenocidestartedbeforeandcontinuedduringtheWorldWar II. • Itwasalsoknown as the “Holocaust”. • Hitler attackedtheJewswith a groupcalledtheNazis.
Whydid Hitler start theholocaust? • Hitler thoughtthattheGermanpeoplewerethesuperiorrace on earth. • He wantedeveryoneto be German, especiallyblondandblue-eyed. • So he startedkillingtheJews in Germany. • Then he couldn’t stop andcausedthedeath of sixmillionJewsthatlived in Europe. • One-halfmilliongypsiesand 250,000 mentallyorphyscallydisabledpeoplewerealsokilled.
Howdid Hitler start theholocaust? • Hitler firstgatheredtheJews in campsthatweretoldto be concentrationcamps. • Then he toldthemtotake a shower. • There he lockedthemupandgavethempoisonousgas.
InConclusion… • Theholocausteventperfectlyrepresentsthemeaningof thewordgenocideor «ethnic» cleansing. • I wishsomethinglikethisneverhappensagain.Peacetoall!