Sociology 2256A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: International Criminal Court, Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Nuremberg Trials
10 Mar 2020
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Week 4 the crime of the 20th. Still a political hot potato iran & israel: history of un. 55 million people perished during wwii: 5-6 million jews. Important of ideology formation of national socialism. Nuremberg trials prosecuted war criminals: crimes against humanity. Led to creation of the international criminal court (2002) Surveys show: 52% of canadian millennials cannot name one concentration camp, 62% didn"t know that 6 million jews were exterminated in the holocaust. In britain, 1/20 adults do not believe the holocaust even took place. Wwi slaughter of 1. 5 armenians by ottoman empire (1915-1916) 1885-1908: belgium slaughter of congolese from 20 to 10 million people. 104-08: german extermination of indigenous namibia peoples (100,000: used concentration camp model. Before wwi: class, religion, and regional (north v. south) differences. 2 of 7: unification came late in 1871 (prussian military might) Bismarck fractionalized country: anti-socialist, anti-catholic, military. 250,000 died in 1916 due to lack of food.
