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(Eden Fusselman, Cole Venator, Nathan Windeler, and Lilia Ryerson)
Background: What began as a democratic uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has transformed into a violent struggle between local, national, regional, and international forces, in which the Syrian government, extremist groups, and outside actors perpetrate atrocities against civilians as a systematic strategy of war. The self-proclaimed Islamic State, which since the spring of 2013 has been battling government forces in Syria and Iraq as well as some of the Syrian opposition forces, is waging a campaign of persecution and horrific brutality against religious communities and others who do not ascribe to its brand of Islamist extremism. The uprising’s transformation into a sectarian conflict in 2012 saw a dramatic rise in the civilian death toll. The risk that mass atrocities against civilians will continue increases as this violence, especially by government forces, becomes more widespread and systematic.
Similarities: The conflict in Syria and the Holocaust are similar because they both started where a portion of the population stood up for they believed in and then the disputes turned into a violent disagreement between local, national, and regional forces. Then, the rebellions were involved in mass killings by the government. Both Syria and the Holocaust dramatically rose the civilian death toll.
Response: The international community has failed to protect civilians in Syria, and any efforts to help have only made more sectarian violence. The United States and Arab countries have tried to bomb ISIS in 2014, and tried airstrikes later.

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Iraq- Oliver Homann, David Jahn, and Kailey Roskop

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Iraq- Oliver Homann, David Jahn, and Kailey Roskop

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Who- Several minorities where targeted including Christians, Turkmen, and its other minorities. Sunni Arabs, a branch of the muslim faith was also targeted.
What- The Islamic State (IS) used several methods to kill their targets, ranging from shooting them to bombing their towns. They also just took people out of their homes and trough them into the wild.
When- The genocide in Iraq stated in the early 2000's and is still going on to this date.
Where- The genocide occurred all over Iraq with Ninewa being a major site of the genocide.
Why- The main reason IS committed the genocide was because of their religious beliefs.
Response: Genocide watch teams traveled to Iraq in order to understand, examine, and predict the future of those with the targeted ethnicity,  nationality, and religions. These trips were also made in order to determine what actions should the world take and when they should take them.
Similarities: IS was against religions other than their own. They had their military enforce the movement. They were lead to believe they were being transported to a safe place but were then massacred. They also had concentration camps which separated by gender and age.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo- Will, Julia, and Jadin

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Democratic Republic of the Congo- Will, Julia, and Jadin

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Who?: Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, etc.
What?: After the Rwandan genocide, its government raided the Congo with other nations trying to steal its abundant natural resources and in the process killing off more than 5.4 million Congolese
Where?: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Previously know as Zaire)
When?: 1998- current day
Why?: After the Rwandan genocide countries around the congo were in need of money and other riches and congo was easily penetrable with an abundance of natural resources

What was the response from the world?
-Non-governmental and governmental organizations struggle to provide food, shelter, and medical aid to hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced persons caught in upsurges of violence.

What are similarities between The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Holocaust?
-In the DRC child soldiers are recruited, just like young German boys became a part of the Hitler youth.
-Resistance groups have formed in the DRC fighting the governments just like people against the killing of Jews did during the Holocaust

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Genocide (Srebrenica Massacre)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Genocide (Srebrenica Massacre)

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Who? : Slobodan Milosevic was the president of Serbia and wanted to strengthen Serbia's position in the Yugoslav constitution.
What? : 4 groups of ethnic practice (Serb, Bosnian Muslim, Croat, and Yugoslav) were killed in a massive cleaning of Bosnia
Where? : Bosnia and Herzegovina
When? : 1992 - 1995
Why? : The Bosnian government wanted to cleanse Bosnia of it's Muslim civilian population.

Response from the world? : Generally, international response focused on humanitarian aid instead of intervening in the conflict. Under the Dayton Agreement, the two groups, (Serb Republic and Bosnian Federation) united with a weak central response.

Similarities to the Holocaust? :
Similarities - Kept the killings secret to the outside world.
- Both used concentration camps to their tactics.

Differences - Bosnia/Herzegovina
- Killed massive groups of Bosniaks outside of camps.
- Did not use any propaganda to strengthen their cause
- Genocide began after the fall of dictatorship which kept the three religions under control.

Holocaust
- Nazis heavily used propaganda to support their ideals
- Genocide was supported through the economic state of the country

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Burma, or Myanmar: By Grayce Rappleye, Alex Harlow, Jonas Baton, and Avery Mason

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Burma, or Myanmar: By Grayce Rappleye, Alex Harlow, Jonas Baton, and Avery Mason

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~Who?: Rohingya, or Burman Muslims
~What?: Burman Muslims faced severe discrimination, including violent attacks on homes and businesses.
~When?: 2012
~Why?: Because the Burman Muslims were classified as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
~Response? Central and Local Governments have taken steps to improve humanitarian access and providing safer shelter for the Rohingya
~Similarities to the Holocaust? Both the Jews and the Muslims faced severe discrimination along with anti-Jew/Muslim attacks that destroyed homes and businesses.