Genocide in Cambodia

At the time of WWII, the infamous Holocaust was taking place. Groups all around Europe were being targeted by Nazi racism or anti-Semitism. Men, women, and children alike were being taken by the Nazis and put into concentration camps, where they were murdered or forced to perform unbearable labor. Once the Nazi reign ended in 1945, the United Nations made a new rule that defined genocide and swore it would never happen again. In Cambodia, however, between the years 1975 and 1979, the world experienced another episode of genocide that matched the evil during the holocaust. The Khmer Rouge, similar to the Nazis, hunted down and destroyed specific peoples based on race, religion and even intelligence. Thus, it is clear that the Holocaust genocide that occurred during WWII performed by the Nazis and the crimes against humanity executed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia are, according to the UN’s definition, acts of genocide.
The first part of the UN’s definition stated that killing members of a targeted group is genocide. The Holocaust in Germany had countless examples of this part of genocide. During the holocaust, the Nazis were relentless when it came to killing Jews, Gypsies, Pols, homosexuals and mentally and physically handicapped. “Although the Jews, whom the Nazi deemed a priority threat to Germany, were the primary victims of Nazi racism, other victims included some 200,000 Romas (Gypsies). At least 200,000 mentally handicapped or physically handicapped, many Germans, were murdered in the so called Euthanism Program” (Holocaust Memorial). Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis exterminated humans in unimaginable ways. Hitler used methods of extermination like hangings, or guillotine execution. The Nazis purposely used a thin rope so that they would be able to enjoy watching a prolonged death of the victim. “It was not unusual for prisoners to kick and struggle after suspension and to lose control of their bladders and bowels. The bodies could be left hanging for...