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This paper looks at the Nanking-related atrocities and the relationship between the individual soldier and the government in terms of responsibilities assigned for the bloodshed. The writer asserts that the 1937 Japanese slaughter of upwards of 300,000 Chinese in Nanking, China, was as atrocious, savage and bloody as practically any event leading up to and during WWII including the Holocaust by the Nazis. The writer concludes that the responsibility for these atrocities should be accepted by the military leaders but each individual soldier, who was out of control in a savage bloodthirsty rage, also must be held accountable.

From the Paper
"The biggest mass killing was carried out in Nanking on December 17, 1937, when the Chinese began slaughtering Chinese prisoners by the thousands. The 66th Battalion of Japanese received this command: "All prisoners of war are to be executed. Method of execution: Divide the prisoners into groups of a dozen. Shoot to kill separately."
"It is known that 14,777 Chinese soldiers had been captured by the Japanese, and of those, a majority was believed to have been killed on the 17th."

Tags:execution, hate propaganda, decapitation contests, barbaric accountable

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This paper explains that journalists, statesmen, and historians claim that, during World War II, the Pope remained impassive and silent, despite the fact that he knew about the atrocities committed by the Germans. The author reports that, years after he died, it was discovered that the Pope was close to publishing a major encyclical on racism; but the question remains if it was just lost within the bureaucracies, or if it was purposely lost by Pacelli or someone else who did not want to rock the boat. The paper stresses that, finally, on Christmas Eve 1944, when the outcome of the war was decided, the Pope made a statement condemning the war, but not the atrocities.

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"When he assumed the highest office, Pope XII had to decide what to do with the prior pope's encyclical. "The decision was momentous, because Humani Generis Unitas would finally, and publicly, have the church defend the hounded Jews by explicitly condemning the Nazis' anti-Semitism and calling for the cessation of the German prosecution of the Jews". Within the report, Pope Pius XI said, "It becomes clear that the struggle of racial purity ends by uniquely the struggle against the Jews. Save for its systemic cruelty, this struggle is no different in true motives and methods from prosecutions everywhere carried out against the Jews since antiquity.""

Tags:silence, encyclical, racism, jews, hitler

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This paper explains that the atrocities associated with the once American controlled Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq have been represented visually through a series of oft repeated photographs taken by American guards at the prison. The author points out that these images are of frequently naked, hooded Iraqi prisoners being publicly shamed and tortured by America soldiers, often shown smiling and referring to the spectacle with what can only be described as glee. The paper states that these pictures have left a lasting mark on the face of the war and on the image of the United States all over the world.

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"Another issue associated with these grave deeds and their photographic record is the obvious and frequent utilization of nudity as a manner to debase prisoners. The guards are shown fully uniformed (in a show of power over the prisoners) while prisoners, except for the covering of their faces are debased in scenes of immorality completely incongruent with their faith and their pride, yet interestingly congruent with the world view (as it applies to Islam) as it relates to hatred of western freedoms, including the manner in which the west freely depicts nudity and objectifies the body."

Tags:illegal, abuses, superiors, slavery, anti-war

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In this paper, Rich Noyes presents arguments that provide a slow and steady increase of what he deems left wing propaganda that begins to distance itself off of the dangerous criminals within Guantanamo and its guards-to the atrocities and illegal foundation of the prison's legal validity. Often, Noyes will find prison inmate interviews that serve his argument that the prison was a good place-while he also uses arguments from mainstream media sources that provided biased a subjective data in their arguments against the prison.

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Tags:noyes, terror, article

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This paper discusses how human beings are still capable of dividing themselves up into groups and committing terrible atrocities based on hatred for other groups of people. The paper focuses primarily on the Holocaust and the Rwandan massacres.

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"Sadly, in spite of the horror with which most people viewed Hitler's actions, such wars continued to be waged by some groups against others. Another such slaughter occurred in Africa, in the country of Rwanda, in 1994. This horror was between two tribes living in Rwanda, the Hutus and the Tutsis. Even in the capitol city of Kigali one's tribal affiliation mattered. When violence erupted in 1994, Hutu tribal members were able to slaughter nearly one million Tutsis and other targeted individuals in only three months.
There are both similarities and differences between the Nazi Holocaust and the Hutu slaughter of 1994. Both campaigns relied heavily on propaganda. In German, German citizens were told that many of Germany's problems were the fault of Jews (2, PAGE). In Rwanda, the slaughter was triggered by the crash of the President's plane, which many believed was shot down by Tutsis because the President was a Hutu. One of the few radio stations immediately launched a campaign of hate propaganda against the Tutsis. This propaganda quickly fanned flames left smoldering from previous clashes between the two tribes. In both groups, the two groups had been able to live together in civility until propaganda divided them. While some Germans were anti-Semitic prior to World War II, others worked together and mixed socially. In Rwanda, Hutus and Tutsis had been able to live together in peace for some time in spite of a bloody history. In fact, the protagonist in the movie Hotel Rwanda, married a Tutsi woman. "

Tags:Hutus, nazi, Tutsis, Jews, Elie, Weisel, humanity

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This paper is a comparative review of three books on the subject of Japanese atrocities and war crimes during the Second World War. The three books to be compared are Yoshimi Yoshiaki's 'Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II', Judith Pearson's' Belly of the Beast: A POW's Inspiring True Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival Aboard the Infamous WWII Japanese Hellship', the Oryoku Maru, and Yuki Tanaka's 'Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II'. Although all three of these books deal with related subject matter, they take very different approaches, thus casting light on the subject matter from different directions.

Tags:japan, warcrimes, rape

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In this article, using primary sources only, the writer describes the effect of atrocities on American soldiers in World War II. The writer explores the horrors of war witnessed by soldiers who liberated Nazi concentration camps in addition to their moral outrage at the genocide. The writer discusses the differences between WWII soldiers and those who served in Vietnam, toward reaction to the horrors of war.

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While the phrase war is hell has entered the language as a cliche, the statement gains its power from its truth. American soldiers like soldiers from all cultures and in all periods of history have recognized that war is almost invariably accompanied by evil acts that go far beyond the carnage that one would expect from violent conflict between armies. In this report the horrors of war will be explored through primary source documents provided ... "

Tags:soldiers, World War II, concentration camps

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This paper looks at the pioneer of the reworking of mental health institutions and the opening up of several committees that have aided in providing help for those who have suffered or are sufferers of mental health issues. Clifford Beers' published his book, "A Mind That Found Itself", about his time in the mental health hospitals, it was here that he saw for the first time the atrocities that were being committed against those who were mentally ill. His book is a discussion and expose on the people and methods used. This paper looks at that book and how Beers was accepted by society after the publication of the book, also we look at how society has been affected by the publication of the book.

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This paper explains that scholars believe the atrocities, which took place in Nanking, were responsible for a variety of factors that originate deep within Japanese culture, very similar to the concepts within Nazi Germany's culture and their view of a perfect Arian race. Yet, the author relates that, for many reasons, including the U.S. guilt over dropping the atomic bomb, compared to Nazi Germany, Japan faced very little consequences for the horrendous war crimes committed during their occupation of China in World War II. The paper analyzes the rape of Nanking and other Japanese atrocities and compares the proceedings of the International Tribunal of the Far East with that of the Nuremburg Tribunal.

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"Many internal Japanese historians have proposed the idea that the massacre is still too recent to devote historical study to the event. Still, many Japanese historians who do cover the Rape of Nanking tend to gloss over the significance and levels of atrocities which occurred on the behalf of the Japanese involved. Influential professors, such as Fujioka Nobukatsu of Tokyo University, have publicly stated that the real death tolls were far lower than the Chinese had initially told the international community. Yet, these opinions go without much international protests."

Tags:china forgotten, media coverage, sole responsibility, textbooks

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This paper explains that "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II " by Iris Chang describes events that happened four years before Pearl Harbor, when the Japanese forces destroyed everything in their way in their march to conquer the important areas of China, not so much for a military victory but to crush the state of mind of a people opposed to everything Japanese; the world has never condemned the Japanese nor has Japan apologized. The author points out that the book lacks objectivity and presents a one-dimensional view of both the Japanese "criminals" and the Chinese women victims. The paper relates that, from a historian's point of view, Chang does not delve into the Chinese government's role in allowing this massacre and other Japanese atrocities to happen.

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"If there is one section of the book where the author spends an inordinate amount of space it is with the lack of responsiveness of the Japanese government to answer charges about the war crimes committed in Nanking. One can see from recent headlines that the Japanese seem loath to do anything about the atrocities committed during the War, including the "comfort women" important from the Philippines and Korea, and other atrocities for which the Japanese government expressed regret, but offered no reparation. She goes into great length about the silence of the soldiers themselves, the rise of many of these war criminals into public life and the private sector and the lack of reparations to the Chinese victims of this Rape of Nanking and other atrocities on the Chinese mainland. Unlike the Germans, for example, who continued to root out suspected Nazis who had taken government and industrial jobs, the Japanese smugly left them alone- as if to say "let bygones be bygones"."

Tags:world-consciousness, women, crush, destruction, governments