Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

After reading the Contexts & Connections essay in this chapter, research the topic further by taking a look at the following links. Suggested essay questions follow to help you digest this material.

Account of Holocaust Mass Shooting, 1942

Location: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1942graebe.html

Description: Hermann Friedrich Graebe describes a mass shooting in the Ukraine.

1			Summarize Hermann Freidrich Graebe's account of the mass execution of Jews in the Ukraine. What does his account tell us about the Holocaust?

Cambodia: Year Zero

Location: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1978cambodia.html

Description: Catholic Priest François Ponchaud's account of the post-Vietnam War Cambodian genocide.

2			Compare Graebe's account with the Catholic priest François Ponchaud's description of the Khmer Rouge regime. How were the Khmer Rouge similar to the Nazis? How did they differ?