Rescuer (genocide)
During a genocide, a rescuer or helper is someone who tries to help the genocide victims survive. In many cases, they are motivated by altruism and/or humanitarianism. The best-studied example of this phenomenon is the rescue of Jews during the Holocaust.[1][2][3][4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Andrieu, Claire; Gensburger, Sarah; Semelin, Jacques (2011). Resisting Genocide: The Multiple Forms of Rescue. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-80046-4.
- ^ Baum, Steven K. (2008). "Rescuers". The Psychology of Genocide: Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Rescuers. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-71392-4.
- ^ Stefano, Paul Di (18 May 2016). "Understanding Rescuing During the Rwandan Genocide". Peace Review. 28 (2): 195–202. doi:10.1080/10402659.2016.1166755.
- ^ Casiro, Jessica (December 2006). "Argentine rescuers: a study on the "banality of good"". Journal of Genocide Research. 8 (4): 437–454. doi:10.1080/14623520601056281.
- ^ Monroe, Kristen Renwick (2011). Ethics in an Age of Terror and Genocide: Identity and Moral Choice. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-4036-6.
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