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World Dictators and Human Rights Abuses

June 19th, 2011 by admin

Throughout history, world dictators have engaged in some of the most heinous crimes upon humanity. Knowing what these dictators did during their reign is important so humanity can work to avoid such tragedies in the future.

Adolf Hitler is one of the most recent dictators to have such a tragic impact upon the world. He severed as the head of state in Germany from 1934 to 1945. During Hitler’s rule, the rise of fascism took place in Europe and led to the Holocaust. The Holocaust ended the lives of millions of Jewish people, gypsies, and gay people.

Jozef Stalin is another dictator that caused the deaths of millions of people. Under the reign of Stalin, experts estimate that over 23 million people died. Stalin is most noted for creating Soviet policies that resulted in famine amongst large groups of people in Russia. He also created the Great Purge, which was a campaign to kill all of the people who opposed Stalin’s viewpoints.

Pol Pot is an Asian dictator who forced city folk to live in the farms. Pot is recognized with causing the deaths of over one million people, due to the ways in which he enforced hard labor upon people.Related Article : A Secret Leader as Deadly as Hitler Unveiled

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