HREQ 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nuremberg Laws, Final Solution, Situation Two
23 Apr 2017
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This era is an important shift in emphasis and understanding in that it creates the modern contemporary understanding of what constitutes genocide. It presents a very clear example of genocide and provides a detailed analysis and set of records that were preserved by the german state, a set of historical witnesses: videos and films also contributing to our knowledge. That also means that it becomes the kind of beginning of the modern un and the entry into the modern consciousness of the idea of genocide. The development of this particular form of genocide at the international level. The use for political and economic reasons of particular group of people who serve the interest of those often in political power. Holocaust: the highest-level state actors, from leaders of the government to military officials, participating in highly criminal, murderous acts. State, state actors, politicians, have killed more people in the 20th century than any individual criminal.
