Annotated Bibliography

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.