Cutting-edge in its scope and approach, this unique volume offers first-person accounts of modern genocides to enable readers to more fully examine genocidal experiences and better understand the horror of such events. From the atrocities of the Holocaust to the ongoing horrors in Darfur, genocide has been a gruesome and all-too-prominent fixture of modern history. There is no better way to examine and understand these events than through the accounts of those involved. This unique collection of primary sources features 50 documents, some of which have never before been made public. These…mehr
Cutting-edge in its scope and approach, this unique volume offers first-person accounts of modern genocides to enable readers to more fully examine genocidal experiences and better understand the horror of such events. From the atrocities of the Holocaust to the ongoing horrors in Darfur, genocide has been a gruesome and all-too-prominent fixture of modern history. There is no better way to examine and understand these events than through the accounts of those involved. This unique collection of primary sources features 50 documents, some of which have never before been made public. These firsthand accounts--diary entries, memoirs, oral testimony, original interviews, and more--illuminate 10 genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries as they were experienced by victims, perpetrators, and bystanders. The book begins with the Herero Genocide (1904-1907) and ends with a consideration of the atrocities in Darfur. Each of the 50 documents features a brief introduction that provides basic and essential information such as who created it as well as when, where, and why. The work concludes with an analysis comprised of scholarly commentary, additional contextual information, and a list of questions that will serve as a springboard for student discussion of history and of the nature of survival in the face of evil. * Examines 10 modern genocides that occurred between 1904 and 2004 * Conveys the story of each genocide through primary source documents that detail historical and contemporary contexts * Addresses not only the reality of modern genocides but also the consequences and impact on individuals * Challenges the readers to look more carefully into the historic details of the genocide under discussion, fostering critical thinking and research * Enables students and other readers to empathize more directly with the reality of massive human rights violationsHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Paul R. Bartrop is Professor Emeritus at Florida Gulf Coast University, USA. He is the author and co-author of several books, including Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors (2016), Encountering Genocide: Personal Accounts from Victims, Perpetrators, and Witnesses (2014) and Genocide: The Basics (2014). He is also the co-editor, with Michael Dickerman, of the award-winning four-volume The Holocaust: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection (2017) and Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors (2016). Professor Bartrop is a Past President of the Australian Association of Jewish Studies and in 2022 was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in the United Kingdom.
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Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1 THE HERERO GENOCIDE Peter Moor Commentary Questions Lothar von Trotha Commentary Questions Hendrik Fraser and Daniel Esma Dixon Commentary Questions 2 THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE Sayied Ahmed Moukhtar Baas Commentary Questions Frances Gage Commentary Questions Sevly Krickorian Commentary Questions Grigoris Balakian Commentary Questions William S. Dodd Commentary Questions Joseph Naayem Commentary Questions "Papayiannis " Commentary Questions Efthimios N. Couzinos Commentary Questions 3 THE HOLOCAUST Martha Dodd Commentary Questions Valentin Senger Commentary Questions Sidney Simon Commentary Questions Fred Spiegel Commentary Questions Shirley Berger Gottesman Commentary Questions Jadzia Altman Greenbaum Commentary Questions Ida Weisbaum Feinberg Commentary Questions Rudolf Hoess Commentary Questions Filip Müller Commentary Questions 4 THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE Teeda Butt Mam Commentary Questions Samnang Shawn Vann Commentary Questions Leng Houth Commentary Questions Sambo Thouch Commentary Questions Jon Swain Commentary Questions 5 THE GUATEMALAN GENOCIDE Ricardo Falla Commentary Questions Beatriz Manz Commentary Questions Jesús Tecú Osorio Commentary Questions 6 THE EAST TIMOR GENOCIDE Constâncio Pinto Commentary Questions "Lourenco " Commentary Questions Russell Anderson Commentary Questions 7 THE KURDISTAN GENOCIDE Dana Halabjayi Commentary Questions 8 THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE Els de Temmerman Commentary Questions Marie-Louise Kagoyire Commentary Questions Révérien Rurangwa Commentary Questions "Witness JJ " Commentary Questions Hutu Killers Commentary Questions Don MacNeil and Jean Damascene Ndayambaje Commentary Questions Fergal Keane Commentary Questions 9 THE BOSNIAN GENOCIDE "A Sarajevo Mother and Daughter " Commentary Questions Borislav Herak Commentary Questions Nihada Hodzic Commentary Questions Kemal Pervani Commentary Questions "Amer " Commentary Questions Pierre Salignon Commentary Questions 10 THE DARFUR GENOCIDE "Suleiman " Commentary Questions Bibliography Index About the Author
