Steven Katz in his introduction to chapter 4 expresses his opinion that the Holocaust is the most unique genocide in history. He mentions the Armenian Genocide and the treatment of Gypsies during the World War 2, but Katz points out that the Nazi government wanted to exterminate every man, woman and child. Katz writes about the Native Americans and their treatment since the time of Columbus. He makes it clear that most Native Americans were killed by disease, not intentionally. One paragraph says that during a period of 115 years, only 3.7 percent of the population of Native Americans were killed intentionally. He writes about the different Native American policies and the eventual Indian Reservations. In the third part of the chapter, Katz writes about the Ukrainian Famine in the early 1930's. He makes the point that Stalin tried to kill Ukrainian nationalism and that different genocidal leaders tried the same tactic. He mentions the peasantry in Ukraine and how Stalin dominated them and how the food storage decimated the peasants. In his part on the Armenian Genocide, he points out the nationalistic part of the genocide and Turkish response. A quote that stands out that I think represent all genocide studies is "enemies by definition".
Should historians look at Indian removal differently with the stats pointed out in chapter 4?
Although Germany has laws about wearing Nazi symbols and ideology, should Turkey finally admit the Armenian Genocide and take responsibility?
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