Beckerman, Gal. “Top
Genocide Scholars Battle Over How To Characterize Israel’s Actions.” The Jewish Daily Forward. N.p., 16 Feb.
2011. Web. 01 Apr. 2013.
Article gives a brief overview of Holocaust and Genocide studies,
and the definition of what genocide is. The journal features history,
literature, economics, and political science.
This article is just the introduction to the actual journal, although it
does give good information as to how genocide connects to the world today, and
how many different occupations can use the history of genocide to shape events
happening today.
“Holocaust and Genocide Studies.” Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Oxford, N.D. Web. 01 Apr. 2013.
The Journal of Genocide looks into the background of genocide and
focuses on teaching people, to try to ensure that genocides don’t repeat. The journal welcomes a large number of
people, with many different beliefs, from philosophers to political scientists.
It explores the given problems that come along with genocide, and what
decisions should be made by policy makers to try to predict and prevent any
future genocides.
“Journal of Genocide Research J Genocide Res.” Genamics JournalSeek. Taylor and Francid Group, N.D. Web. 01 Apr.
2013.
This article discusses the debate over the term Genocide, it began
with a professor in Israeli who believes that the Jews did not commit genocide
in 1948. Many people don’t believe this
was genocide although they do agree that some sort of “ethnic cleansing” occurred.
Lacy, Mard. “10 Years Later in Rwada, The Dead Are Ever Present.” The New York Times. The New York Times,
26 Feb. 2004. Web. 01 Apr. 2013
This article revisits Rwanda 10 years after the genocide, where
they are making memorials to honor those
who passed in the genocide. The government has gotten rid of diversity cards
and has made it illegal to do anything that could be perceived as trying to
“divide” the people of Rwanda. They have
begun prosecuting those who killed during the genocide.
Susman, Tina. “Jury Deadlocks in Case of Rwandan Immigrant Accused
of Genocide.” Los Angeles Times. Los
Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2012. Web. 01 Apr. 2013
In New Hampshire a Rwandan woman was charged but not convicted of
lying on citizen ship papers. In order
for a person to obtain citizen ship they had to prove that they had no part in
the genocide. According to witnesses
Muyenyezi was a Hutu extremist who helped kill Tutsis in 1994. The jury didn’t have enough evidence to
charge Muyenyezi with a crime so the judge declared a mistrial.
Worse Than War. Dir. Mike DeWitt. Perf. Daniel Goldhagen. PBS,
2009. Documentary.
This documentary
showed different genocides and how they can vary from each other. Although they involve the same general motives
they do differ from place to place.
