1. Genocide and the Holocaust’s Legacy

2. Bell Ringer What is genocide?
Do you think that the world would ever allow something like the Holocaust to happen again?

3. Genocide: UN Definition
Targeted groups:
national, ethnic, racial or religious group
Prohibited actions:
Killing group members
causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Imposing measures intended to prevent births
Forcibly transferring children of one group to another

4. First time term “genocide” was used
Holocaust
First time term “genocide” was used
Approximately 6 million Jewish people were systematically murdered, up to 5 million from other groups

7. Can you think of other instances of genocide?

8. Darfur
Early in 2003, armed conflict started in Darfur, a small region in Sudan

9. Darfur
Non-Arab rebel group, the Sudanese Liberation Army, attacked the Sudanese government
Wanted “end to region’s chronic economic and political marginalization”

10. Darfur
According to Human Rights Watch, government began attacking civilians belonging to same non- Arab ethnic groups

11. Who is responsible?
The pilot of a Sudanese government plane who bombs villages in Darfur.
1 = Not responsible
2 = Minimally responsible
3 = Responsible
4 = Very responsible

12. Who is responsible?
The CEO of a foreign company that invests significant funds in Sudan.
1 = Not responsible
2 = Minimally responsible
3 = Responsible
4 = Very responsible

13. Who is responsible? A rebel who assaults a civilian.
1 = Not responsible
2 = Minimally responsible
3 = Responsible
4 = Very responsible

15. Who is responsible?
International leaders who cited the need for “African solutions for African problems.”
1 = Not responsible
2 = Minimally responsible
3 = Responsible
4 = Very responsible

16. Who is responsible?
An American who avoids unpleasant news and is indifferent to news of atrocities coming out of Darfur.
1 = Not responsible
2 = Minimally responsible
3 = Responsible
4 = Very responsible

17. Who is responsible?
A survivor of genocide who is unwilling to speak out about her experience or the current events in Darfur.
1 = Not responsible
2 = Minimally responsible
3 = Responsible
4 = Very responsible

18. Exit slip
What can be done to prevent future genocide?