Genocide & the Holocaust / editor, Michael J. O'Neal, PhD.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Neal, Michael J., editor.

Series:

Defining documents in world history.

Defining documents in world history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--History--Sources.

Genocide.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--History--Sources.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (xiii, 605 pages)) : color illustrations, portraits.

Other Title:

Defining Documents

Defining Documents in World History

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Grey House Publishing, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Offers in-depth analysis of 63 primary source documents, tracing the role that genocide has played in history, from the 1428 BCE to today. These include book excerpts, speeches, political debates, testimony, court rulings, legal texts, legislative acts, essays, newspaper and magazine articles, and interviews. The first volume of this set focuses on The Mithridatic Wars, the Framework for the African Union, the President's Commission on the Holocaust, and ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis. The second volume is dedicated to themes such as ethnic cleansing, the Nazi Holocaust and the aftermath of genocide, including: The Crisis in Darfur, the Civil War in Biafra, the Refusal of Proposed Air Action to Impede Deportation of Jews, and Elie Wiesel's Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018. These documents, and more, provide an overview of the history and contemporary issues surrounding genocide and the Holocaust." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Publisher's Note

Editor's Introduction

Contributors

What is Genocide?

Genocide

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

President's Commission on the Holocaust

Ancient Genocides

King James Bible, Numbers, Chapter 31: Destruction of the Midianites

Destruction of Carthage

Asiatic Vespers: The Mithridatic Wars

The Wars of the Jews: Siege of Jotapata

The Destruction of Nishapur

Religious Genocide

The Ali Hassan Al-Majid Tapes: The Anfal Campaign against the Kurds

Response of 106th U.S. Congress to Armenian Genocide

House of Representatives Resolution on the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

"Those Terrible Weeks in Their Camp"

"They Came to Destroy": ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis

"Eradicating Ideological Viruses"

House of Representatives Regarding United States Policy Recognizing the Semele Massacre of 1933

European Parliament Resolution on the Systematic Mass Murder of Religious Minorities

Political Genocide

Report to US Secretary of State on German Atrocities in Belgium

"I Will Never Forget": Voices of Survivors

Ethiopia: The Red Terror

Protest Speech Against the Vietnam War

Framework for the African Union

Speech Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Herero Uprising

Investigation of the Ukrainian Famine, 1932-33: Report to Congress

"France Opens Its Archives on Rwandan Genocide to the Public"

"Has Genocide Occurred in Rwanda?"

Congressional Resolution Regarding Khmer Rouge and Cambodian Genocide

The Digital Archive of Cambodia Holocaust Survivors, Eyewitness Testimony

Testimonial from the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields

Volume 2

Ethnic Cleansing

Letter to the American Ambassador on the Armenian Genocide

Young Turks: Proclamation of 1908

Survivors of the Srebrenica Massacres Tell Their Stories

The Crisis in Darfur: Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

We Buried the Skeletons: Civil War in Biafra

Guatemalan Genocide: Los Dos Erres

A Child Soldier's Darfur Confession: "I Shot Her. She Is Dead."

The Policy of Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia

Statement to Mark Romani Genocide Remembrance Day

UN Official Cites Horrific Crimes against Rohingya

The Nazi Holocaust

Quaker Letter Regarding the Plight of German Jews

Memo To The US State Department Regarding Nazi Plans To Eliminate Jews

Cable to Rabbi Stephen Wise about the Final Solution

Speech About the War and Human Freedom

Meeting of American Jewish Leaders with President Roosevelt

Telegram Confirming Reports of Mass Executions of Polish Jews

Memo on Army Policy about Rescue of Refugees

Refusal of Proposed Air Action to Impede Deportation of Jews

What is Holocaust Denial?

The Americas

President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress on Indian Removal

The Sand Creek Massacre

A Century of Dishonor: Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes

Ida B. Wells Speech on Lynching

"We Charge Genocide: The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People"

How Genocide Wiped Out a Native American Population

Brazilian Experts Warn of Uncontacted Tribes "Genocide" After Sacking of Government Coordinator

The Aftermath of Genocide

Agreement and Charter for International Conference on Military Trials

Second Day of the Nuremberg Trials: Opening Address for the United States

Truman on the Immigration of Jews to Palestine

The Nuremberg Code and Medical Ethics

International Military Tribunal for the Far East: Judgment of 4 November 1948

Statement by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: The Prosecutor versus Jean-Paul Akayesu

Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018

Appendixes

Chronological List

Web Resources

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781637000144

1637000146

OCLC:

1295438511