How Genocide in Rwanda is related to Holocaust?

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis on the ways through which the genocide in Rwanda is related to holocaust. There are different similarities between the causes of Rwandan genocide and the Jewish holocaust. The main cause of these both is the belief of a single race that they are better than the other. Nazi's made use of the Jews as their opponents and experienced their success during Germany's utter poverty. The power over Rwanda has been given to Tutsis. At the same time, Hutus had the belief of being superior and the most dominant race; therefore, they decided to take revenge on the Tutsis. Thus, this paper makes an analysis on the relation and the similarities between Genocide in Rwanda and Holocaust.

Discussion

There are different similarities in the case of Genocide in Rwanda and the Holocaust. Apart from these similarities, there are also many differences between these two. The main difference is the method used by them. Nazis used the method of gas chambers and the work camps, on the other hand Hutu's made use of the guns, machetes, raped and murdered. This had become the major cause of the casualties and dying in different time periods (Buscaglia, 69). There are also some differences based on the amount of the victims. These differences are both in terms of the period of time but also in terms of the methods which they use. The number of the Jews killed is very high i.e. six million as compared to the number of Tutsi's killed which is eight hundred.

They are also some relation based on the public's knowledge of events. The Jewish holocaust was comprised of the minor amount. The reason was the unawareness of the public about the happenings of the war. In the case of Rwandan genocide, there was a huge involvement of the public as the people of Tutsis' were being murdered and beaten in random attacks by the Hutus. There are also many similar consequences like every family was affected with the scars left. The main thing to be noticed is that in the Jewish holocaust, the main people killed were the overworked and the starved people (Prunier, 89). On the other hand, the main reason behind the Rwandan genocide was Burundi and the Congo wars.

The most common feature is that the Hitler, Nazi and the Hutus have used the tool of propaganda in the terrorizing reign of Germany and Europe. The reason behind the terrible and horrified acts of Hutu's is also the development and enhancement of the ethnic tensions which have been faced till a century and the reason was the severe political tensions. The main rationale behind its usage was not only to develop the promotion and endorsement of its party and the extremist racist values of its leaders, but also to develop the brutal incidents which are now known as the Holocaust and Rwanda Genocides. Through out the history, there have been ...