LA - Stage of genocide example in All but My Life

One stage of genocide that is present so far in All but My Life is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when the oppressors do not recognize their victims as human, and therefore they feel they don’t need to treat them like humans. An example of this in the book is how the Jews where not permitted to buy some items, such as sugar, jam, and eggs. Some of these things could be acquired through other means, but Jews were not able to get them by themselves. Another example of this stage of genocide is how “[The Jews’] rations were less than half the rations of non-Jews” (Klein, 1995,p. 36). Since the Germans didn’t recognize Jews as human, they did not give them as much food because they weren’t as important to the Germans.