The Parsley Massacre

The Parsley Massacre

BY: Morgan Oldham and Beth McGarvey

Citations

Fieser, Ezra. "Haitians and Dominicans Remember Parsley Massacre, 75 Years Later." Miami Herald. The McClatchy Company, 5 Apr. 2013. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. <http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/05/3036569/haitians-and-dominicans-remember.html>.

Contrasts from Night

Citations

Citations

Wucker, Michele. “ The River Massacre: The Real and Imagined Border of Hispanola.” Tikkun Magazine. 4th Oct. 2004. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. <http://nineteenthirtyseven.wordpress.com/the-parsley-massacre/>.

Viklund, Andreas A. "1937 Nanking Massacre." :: Photo Group Six. Bay Net Services, 12 Sept. 2011. Web. 16 Sept. 2013. <http://www.nanking-massacre.com/Nanking_Massacre_Photo_Group_Six.html>.

Gentry, April. "The Farming of Bones." Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 12 Sept. 2013 <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&WID=101099&SID=5&iPin=CANov0311&SingleRecord=True>.

• Hitler killed himself while Trujillo was assassinated.
• The Parsley Massacre occurred in the Dominican Republic while the Holocaust occurred in all over Europe.
• Jews were the victims for the Holocaust while the Haitians were the victims for the Parsley Massacre.
• The Parsley Massacre occurred for 5 days while the Holocaust lasted for 5 years.

Comparisons to ¨Night¨

Edwidge Danticat is the author of a book about the Parsley Massacre.

The 200,000 to 300,000 that died in the Parsley Massacre.

Trujillo was the dictator of the Parsley Massacre.

Facts

• In Night, a mass murder also occurred.
• A book or short story was written about both mass murders.
• Many innocent people died for uncalled reasons.
• Both had camps to hold the victims captive for their death.
• Hitler got his ideas from Trujillo, who was the dictator of the Parsley Massacre.

• Trujillo was the dictator.
• Occurred during the year 1937 and lasted for only five days.
• Haitians were the victims of this mass murder.
• 200,000 to 300,000 people died.
• The Parsley Massacre also happened in the Dominican Republic.
• One reason why the Haitians were victimized is because they were known to be stealing cattle and crops from residents, and many Haitians would start crossing the boarder so this was a threat to the Dominicans of losing land.

¨These withered bodies had long forgotten the bitter taste of tears.¨ pg. 63 (Weisel, Night)

“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp,that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.” pg. 34

Policemen in the Parsley Massacre used bayonets on the Haitians.

This connects to the Parsley Massacre because no one really had any emotions or feelings to both mass murders. They were just in shock.

This connects to the Parsley Massacre because both mass murders had turned the lives of many innocent people.