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Similarities Between The Holocaust And Assyrian Genocide

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The genocides of the Holocaust and Assyrian genocide share many similarities and differences throughout the eight stages of genocide. In both genocides lives were lost because of the actions of those who thought they were superior. The eight stages of genocide start at classification of the group to be exterminated and end at denying the genocide ever happened. The first stage is classification. Jews were classified as being inferior and a hindrance to the German race (United States Holocaust Museum). The Assyrians were classified as being Christians and in the Islamic faith these religions were to be exterminated Ex: Jihad. These groups both faced classification but the Assyrians did not face classification the same way as the Jews in …show more content…

The Jewish Holocaust saw this by hate propaganda which “encouraged passivity and acceptance of the impending measures against Jews, as these appeared to depict the Nazi government as stepping in and restoring order.” (United States Holocaust Museum). The Assyrians were dehumanized by being impoverished by the Ottoman Empire (Uzay Bulut). The Holocaust dehumanization was much worse and very different from the Assyrian genocide. But the organization of both genocides share more similarities by both being done by a form of government being the Nazis for the Holocaust and the Ottoman Empire for the Assyrians. These governments wanted to eliminate the group that they believed was inferior and organized their elimination. However, the Ottomans did not use concentration camps to corral the Assyrians like the Nazis did with the Jews to make their killing and deportation …show more content…

The Jews faced propaganda but the Assyrians had no real polarization other than organizations like ISIS(Islamic States in Syria) calling them “Crusaders, Heretics, and Devil Worshippers” (Holtz). The Holocaust polarization was significantly different in comparison with books criticizing the Jews and radio stations also criticizing the Jews as well as the government doing its part in making jews look like they are not needed on earth. Polarization in both groups was evident but the Holocaust’s polarization is more evident and can be found more available than the Assyrian genocide which does not have that much evidence towards polarization. Next, is the preparation for the extermination of the Holocaust and Assyrian genocide. The Holocaust preparation is herding the Jews into concentration camps and making them work inside these concentration camps. The Holocaust had hundreds of these camps spread over Europe. The Assyrian preparation was to “Declare jihad or a holy war against all Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire on Nov. 14, 1914 in all of the Ottoman mosques.” The Assyrians also have faced attacks from the Islamic state before their mass extermination. The preparation for the Holocaust was more organized and planned but the Assyrian genocide did not have much planning except for jihad being

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