Chapter 14: The Promise and Limits of Comparison: The Holocaust and 1994 Genocide in Rwanda

In this chapter, Scott Straus introduces the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. Straus decides to compare the Holocaust and the Rwanda Genocide explaining that "for both Jews and Tutsis were targeted as victims because, and only because, they had the misfortune to be born Jews or Tutsis." He also explains that every case of Genocide has unique dimensions, and that comparing genocides is an important, but difficult, endeavor that deserves critical attention.