Both Jewish people and Rwandan Tutsi minority suffered heart-breaking losses in their population and culture during the twentieth century. But these genocides came as a result of events that occurred earlier in history. As I compare these two I will try to explain why and how they occurred and what are some of the bridges that connect these Genocides.
             Genocides that occurred during the twentieth century, still fresh in mind of history left the biggest mark so far in the heart of humans. Both Rwanda's and Jewish people suffered great lost in their populations as well as in their culture. When something like this occurs, we have to investigate history of these events and in majority of times we will find there the reason for the madness. Tutsi, although great minority of Rwanda's population, ruled the country through the history. Even during the period of colonization, when they agreed to rule together with French and Belgians. Hutu never forgot that. Hitler's Germany was treated like it didn't exist after WWI, great German pride was hurt because of treatment they received. Hitler knew how to use this anger and Jewish were set to pay the price. And although these genocides both have one thing in common, they took down many innocent lives; they were also different in many ways.
             Germany, even in the 1940s, was one of the world's leading powers, fighting a war for global domination. It was a highly developed industrialized nation with a large and sophisticated army. Rwanda, in contrast, is one of the world's least powerful and poorest nations. The majority of its population is rural peasants and the country has long since relied on foreign aid for its survival.
             The Nazis used trained soldiers and technology in their systematic attempt to destroy an entire race of people. The vast majority of the people killed in the Rwandan massacres of April to July 1994 were killed with machetes: the common agricultura...