Genocides and Segregation

Origins of Apartheid

• Early Segregation: System of Segregation.
• Legal Maneuvers:
  • Miscegenation Laws 1948-1963.

Other 20th Century Genocides

• Rwanda
  • History of the conflict
    • Ethnic tensions between Hutu and Tutsi.
    • Political causes.
  • Key figures:
    • Paul Rusesabagina
    • Juvenal Habyarimana
    • Paul Kagame
    • Romeo Dallaire
  • Interahamwe Militia
  • Rwandan Patriotic Front
  • Role of the outside
  • Impact
  • Aftermath
• Armenian
• Cambodian
• Darfur
  • Janjaweed
  • Int'l reaction and impact
  • Social/economic consequences
  • Political impact
  • Response of int'l community
• Kosovo (1989-2002)
  • Causes of conflict (review on own time)
  • Methods used
  • Actions of Kosovo Liberation Army
  • Ethnic cleansing
  • Slobodan Milosevic
  • Course and intervention

Genocide: General Items

• What is genocide?
• Raphael Lemkin:
• Role of International Community
• Genocide Convention
• Universal Stages of Genocide
• Moscow Declaration
  *Concentration vs. Labor vs. death

Holocaust

• Stages of the Holocaust
• Nuremberg Laws
• Einsatzgruppen/S.S.
• Heinrich Himmler
• Wannsee Conference
  • Reasons for conference
  • Outcomes
• Key figures
• Groups involved

Early Anti-Semitism

• Church Councils
• Martin Luther
• Anti-Jewish Myths