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LESSON PLAN : Genocide

GENOCIDE IN THE 20TH CENTURY | ARTICLE ON GENOCIDE

GENOCIDE IN THE 20th CENTURY

1915:
Ottomans killed over one million Armenians attempting to completely eradicate (kill) all of the Armenians living in Turkey.

1919:
Ukrainians executed up to 250,000 Jews.

early 1930s:
Stalin of the Soviet Union purposely starved to death up to ten million Ukrainian people.

late 1930s:
Soviet Union shot and killed up to 500,000 people for political reasons (there is proof that in 1937-1938, sometimes up to 1000 persons were shot per day in Moscow alone).

early 1940s:
Nazi Holocaust killed nearly six million Jews by firing squad, burning alive, and poison gas.

early 1940s:
Germans executed up to 500,000 gypsies in an attempt to destroy them.

1950s:
China attempted to destroy Buddhism in Tibet and killed thousands.

1965:
Indonesia killed 600,000 people accused of being "communist."

late 1960s:
Tutsi killed up to 300,000 Hutus in African nation of Burundi.

since 1965:
Over 100,000 Indians killed in Guatemala by military.

late 1960s:
Thousands of Ibos in Nigeria were massacred or starved to death by the government.

1971:
Up to three million Bengalis killed by the Pakistan government.

1972-1973:
Thousands of Ache Indians were tortured, enslaved, or killed by the Paraguayan government.

late 1970s:
Up to three million Kampucheans killed by the Khmer Rouge.

1975 to now:
Up to 100,000 out of a total population of 600,000 East Timorans killed by Indonesian troops.

1980s:
Thousands of Bahai have been tortured and killed in Iran and Middle East.