The Holocaust was an alarming event in history that should not have been repeated, but as shocking as it was, it did. During the Holocaust, Jews were targeted by a group called the Nazis. Jews were tortured, gassed, beaten and massacred in various inhumane ways. Approximately 11 million Jews were brutally murdered simply for being who they are. The Holocaust is considered a genocide or mass extermination of a group, race or religion. After the horrible incident of the Holocaust/WWII, many people said they would never do it again, but that was easier said than done. Unfortunately, there have been many genocides since the Holocaust, too many. Syria, Cambodia and Rwanda are just a few devastating disasters that should not have happened. The Rwandan genocide, which began in April 1994 and ended 100 days later the same year, was an attempted extermination of the Tutsi ethnic group. The violence was carried out by approximately 200,000 people, many of whom belonged to the Hutu ethnic group (“Rwanda Genocide”). The Tutsi and Hutu are two of the three main ethnic groups making up the Rwandan population (“Genocide in Rwanda”). The Hutus first acted by killing all the important officials who were in power to put an end to their plan (“Genocide in Rwanda”). One of the first to leave was the then president Habyarimana, a Hutu, the flight he was on on April 6, 1994 was shot down ("Genocide in Rwanda"). The assassination of the Rwandan leader triggered a chain reaction of acts of violence (“Genocide in Rwanda”). Just weeks after the plane was shot down, 800,000 Tutsis were raped, beaten and mercilessly murdered ("Genocide in Rwanda"). A Tutsi rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), 100 days after the start of the genocide, put an end to it ("Genoc...... middle of paper......). Never again a vast This is too difficult a statement to make. People thought it would be easy to prevent genocides after the disasters of the Holocaust, but look where we are now: wars are constantly going on and innocent people are being killed. , for example, is creating problems for the country and we just sit back and watch. If we truly want to prevent genocides around the world, we must act. Works Cited Carey, Chip “Syria's civil war has become a genocide. » www.worldpolicy.org. World Policy Institute, September 16, 2013. Web. November 13, 2013. “Genocide in Cambodia. » www.hmh.org. Houston Holocaust Museum. Web. November 17, 2013. “Genocide in Rwanda. » unitedhumanrights.org. United Council for Human Rights, nd Web. November 17 2013. .