The 8 Stages of Genocide

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The 8 Stages of Genocide

• The killing of a group based on their religious
  beliefs, ethnicity, race, etc.

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Propaganda

• Information, ideas, or rumors, deliberately
  spread widely to help or harm a person, group,
  movement, institution, nation, etc.

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1 CLASSIFICATION

• All cultures have categories to distinguish
  people into "us and them.
• ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality German
  and Jew
• Is this seen at school? HOW?
• How can we stop this?
• Answer
• Institutions that transcend ethnic or racial
  divisions, that actively promote tolerance and
  understanding.

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2 SYMBOLIZATION

• We give names or other symbols to the
  classifications.
• Jews" or "Gypsies", or distinguish them by
  colors or dress and apply them to members of
  groups.
• Think about what you did yesterday and today!
• We classified them sevies, newbs, etc.
• We talked about their bags, the way they talk and
  act, etc.
• Symbolization is universally human and does not
  necessarily result in genocide.
• How can we stop this?

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3 DEHUMANIZATION

• One group denies the humanity of the other group.
• Hate propaganda in print and on hate radios/TVs
  is used to vilify the victim group.
• Think about what you did yesterday and today!
• We were willing to deny 7th graders certain
  rights.
• We even created posters about it!
• Genocidal societies lack constitutional
  protection for opposing speech.

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4 ORGANIZATION

• Genocide is always organized, usually by the
  state.
• Special army units or militias are often trained
  and armed.
• Plans are made for genocidal killings.
• This is what we talked about yesterday.
• The administration would need to approve separate
  lunch lines, menus, etc.
• Not going to happen!
• As mentioned in 3, genocidal societies lack
  protection.

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5 POLARIZATION

• Extremists drive the groups apart.
• Extremist terrorism targets moderates,
  intimidating and silencing the center.

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6 PREPARATION

• Victims are identified and separated out because
  of their ethnic or religious identity.
• Death lists are drawn up.
• Members of victim groups are forced to wear
  identifying symbols.
• They are often segregated into ghettoes, forced
  into concentration camps, or confined to a
  famine-struck region and starved.

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Mass Deportation from Turkey
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7 EXTERMINATION

• Extermination begins, and quickly becomes the
  mass killing legally called "genocide.
• It is "extermination" to the killers because they
  do not believe their victims to be fully human.
• When it is sponsored by the state, the armed
  forces often work with militias to do the killing.

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8 DENIAL

• The perpetrators of genocide dig up the mass
  graves, burn the bodies, try to cover up the
  evidence and intimidate the witnesses.
• They deny that they committed any crimes, and
  often blame what happened on the victims.
• Nothing happens unless they are captured and a
  tribunal is established to try them.

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