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What happened during Kristallnacht?
A violent pogrom in 1938 where Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed in Nazi Germany.
What was the 'Final Solution'?
The Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews, implemented starting in 1941.
What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?
To prosecute Nazi leaders for war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity after WWII.
What happened during the Armenian Genocide?
The Ottoman government systematically killed and deported Armenians during and after WWI.
What was the Holodomor?
A man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine (1932-1933) caused by Soviet policies.
What occurred during the Cambodian Genocide?
The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, killed approximately 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians in the late 1970s.
What happened during the Rwandan Genocide?
In 1994, the Hutu-dominated government and militias killed approximately 500,000 to 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda.
When did the Holocaust begin?
The Holocaust began in 1933 with the rise of the Nazi party in Germany.
When did the Rwandan Genocide take place?
The Rwandan Genocide took place in the 1990s.
When did the Cambodian Genocide take place?
The Cambodian Genocide took place in the late 1970s.
What were the causes and effects of the Holocaust?
Causes: Rise of Nazism, anti-Semitism, Social Darwinism. Effects: Murder of 6 million Jews, creation of Israel, Nuremberg Trials.
What were the causes and effects of the Armenian Genocide?
Causes: Ottoman nationalism, WWI. Effects: Death of 1.5 million Armenians, displacement, strained Turkish-Armenian relations.
What were the causes and effects of the Holodomor?
Causes: Soviet collectivization, grain requisition. Effects: Death of millions of Ukrainians, famine, resistance to Soviet rule.
What were the causes and effects of the Cambodian Genocide?
Causes: Khmer Rouge ideology, desire for agrarian society. Effects: Death of millions of Cambodians, social upheaval, economic devastation.
What were the causes and effects of the Rwandan Genocide?
Causes: Ethnic tensions between Hutus and Tutsis, political instability. Effects: Death of hundreds of thousands of Rwandans, refugee crisis, international intervention.
What were the causes of Kristallnacht?
Escalating anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany, fueled by Nazi propaganda and discriminatory laws.
What were the effects of Kristallnacht?
Further escalation of persecution against Jews, foreshadowing the Holocaust, and increased emigration of Jews from Germany.
Compare the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide.
Both were systematic attempts to eliminate ethnic groups, but the Holocaust was more industrialized and centrally planned, while the Armenian Genocide involved more deportation and forced marches.
Compare the Cambodian and Rwandan Genocides.
Both involved rapid, brutal killings of specific groups, but the Cambodian Genocide was driven by radical social engineering, while the Rwandan Genocide was fueled by ethnic hatred and political instability.