The genocides of the 20th century and the Holocaust

As part of the seminar “History of anti- Semitism”, the historian Ricardo López Göttig held the fourth class, this time on“The genocides of the 20th century and the Holocaust”. Among the analyzed genocides were: Stalinism, the famine in China during Mao, Pol Pot in Cambodia and the conflict between Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda and concluded with an in-depth analysis of Nazism and the Holocaust.

In the fourth class of the seminar “History of Anti- Semitism”, the historian Ricardo López Göttigre viewed the genocides of the 20thcentury in the Soviet Union, China, Cambodia and Rwanda among others, to conclude with the Holocaust and Nazism.

As part of the seminar “History of anti- Semitism”, the historian Ricardo López Göttig held the fourth class, this time on “The genocides of the 20th century and the Holocaust”.  Among the analyzed genocides were: Stalinism, the famine in China during Mao, Pol Pot in Cambodia and the conflict between Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda and concluded with an in-depth analysis of Nazism and the Holocaust.

The seminar aims to further explore the kinds of stereotypes and myths which characterize a particular hatred as anti- Semitism and investigate why these lies still remain despite the efforts to combat them. The seminar includes 7 classes, which take place in the Universidad of CEMA and a guided tour through the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires. The classes are in charge of Ricardo LópezGöttig, who holds a PhD in History (Karlova University in Prague) and participated as a fellow in the International Seminar for Teachers of Yad Vashem (Holocaust – Museum) in Jerusalem, January 2008.