Perpetrators, victims, and bystanders
Classification of those involved in a genocide / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In genocide studies, perpetrators, victims, and bystanders is a typology for classifying the participants and observers of a genocide, first proposed by Raul Hilberg in the 1992 book Perpetrators Victims Bystanders: Jewish Catastrophe 1933–1945.[2][3] Although considered a key element of scholarship on genocide,[4] the typology has also been criticized for vagueness and leading to overgeneralization. Jan Gross proposed that helpers and beneficiaries be added to the classification.[3] Robert Ehrenreich proposed that being a perpetrator, bystander, or victim is on a sliding scale rather than a discrete classification.[4] The triad is also used in studying the psychology of genocide.[5][6][7]
Classification of those involved in a genocide
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