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Pop Quiz. RAISING YOUR HAND, Describe what fighting was like during WWI. What made it this way?. Fast Forward. . . . to WWII. What is different about this war? . Same deadly technologies from WWI + New, even deadlier, even more brutal weapons + HATRED, ANGER, RACISM =
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Pop Quiz RAISING YOUR HAND, Describe what fighting was like during WWI. What made it this way?
Fast Forward. . . to WWII. What is different about this war?
Same deadly technologies from WWI + New, even deadlier, even more brutal weapons + HATRED, ANGER, RACISM = Unimaginable atrocities committed by ALL
Today's Agenda Two Exterminations: The Rape of Nanking & The Holocaust
The Rape of Nanking (December, 1937)
Background • Japan invades China • Territorial expansion • View of Chinese • Prince Asaka: loot and rape what you want • “Battle” of Nanking (Dec. 9)
Mopping Up • Japan's view of surrender/retreat • Extermination • “The killing contest”
The Rape • Gang rape • Elderly, young girls • Genital mutilation • Forced incest • Religious devotees (monks)
“The seventh and last person in the first row was a pregnant woman. The soldier thought he might as well rape her before killing her, so he pulled her out of the group to a spot about ten meters away. As he was trying to rape her, the woman resisted fiercely ... The soldier abruptly stabbed her in the belly with a bayonet. She gave a final scream as her intestines spilled out. Then the soldier stabbed the fetus, with its umbilical cord clearly visible, and tossed it aside.”
Numbers • 57,000 POWs killed • 20,000 women raped • 200,000-300,000 killed in 6 weeks
My question for YOU: How come EVERYBODY learns about the Holocaust, but few learn about the Nanking Massacre?
The Holocaust: “The Final Solution” (1938-1945)
Step 1: Identify “German” A. Nuremburg Laws (1935) 1. Germans have no Jewish blood in three generations a. The mitchling (the mixed) – anyone with a Jewish connection in three generations
Step 2: Deny rights A. Nuremburg Laws (continued) 1. Stripped of citizenship 2. Banned from professional affiliations 3. Overall exclusion
Step 3: Educate and Ostracize A. Massive campaign 1. Educate Germans in anti-Semitic ways 2. Cast Jews out from society
Step 4: Sterilization & Infanticide A. Eliminate all parasitic, degenerate entities 1. Mentally retarded 2. Disabled * 6,000 babies killed
Step 5: Lebensraum A. Create space for German super-state in the East 1. 60,000 Jews still remained in Germany 2. Millions of Jews in Poland/USSR What to do, what to do. . .
Step 6: The Final Solution A. Wannsee Conference 1. 16 German officials meet to figure out what to do 2. Meet for 90 minutes 3. Draw up lists of undesirables 4. Decide to put Jews in ghettos a. Use able-bodied ones for labor, kill the rest
Hitler's Models: Manuel Weyler & (drum roll……..) The United States Government
Result: Concentration Camps! - Buchenwald - Dachau - Amersfoot - Auschwitz & 15,000 others
Some tidbits. . . • ID numbers • Disinfected – like animals • Break down the mind – DON'T THINK Dehumanization!
In all, 6 million killed
Final Comments • The nature of this war
Your Assignment • RAFT – 1 page • Role: witness to one of the events • Audience: a news reporter • Format: Letter explaining what you've seen • Task: Relay your story so it goes public and will convince people to help