Mass Atrocities

Genocide

The deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular group, often based on ethnicity or nationality.

Ethnic Cleansing

The practice of removing or killing members of a particular ethnic group from a geographic area.

Anti-Semitism

Prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews.

Eugenics

The study of or belief in the possibility of improving the human race by selective breeding.

Social Darwinism

The application of Darwinian principles of natural selection to social, political, and economic issues.

Scientific Racism

The misuse of scientific theories and data to justify racial discrimination or superiority.

Holocaust

The genocide of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazi regime during World War II.

T4 Program

A Nazi program aimed at the involuntary euthanasia of individuals deemed 'life unworthy of life'.

Euthanasia

The practice of intentionally ending a person's life to relieve them of suffering.

Einsatzgruppen (SS)

Elite police force ran concentration camps, mobile killing units used by the Nazis to systematically murder Jews and other perceived enemies.

Final Solution

The Nazi plan for the extermination of the Jewish people.

Concentration camps

Detention centers established by the Nazis to imprison and exploit various groups, including Jews.

Extermination camps

Nazi facilities designed specifically for mass murder, primarily of Jews.

Auschwitz

The largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp, located in Poland.

Human Rights

Basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world because you are human.

Cambodian Genocide

The mass murder of approximately 1.7 million people by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Get rid of all the intellectuals.

Pol Pot

The leader of the Khmer Rouge, responsible for the Cambodian genocide.

Khmer Rouge

The communist regime in Cambodia that led to the Cambodian genocide.

Rwandan Genocide

The mass slaughter of Tutsi by Hutu militias in Rwanda in 1994. Central east Africa, shows the failure of the un

Tutsis

An ethnic group in Rwanda, targeted during the Rwandan genocide. Minority

Hutus

An ethnic group in Rwanda, primarily responsible for the Rwandan genocide.

Holodomor

A man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions.

Ukraine

A country in Eastern Europe that experienced the Holodomor.

Saddam Hussien

The President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003, known for his oppressive regime. Led genocide of the kurdish people

Kurds

An ethnic group from the Middle East, predominantly found in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey.

Bosnia

A country in the Balkan region, known for the ethnic conflicts in the 1990s. Majority Muslim

Serbia

A country in Southeast Europe, involved in the Yugoslav Wars.

Darfur

A region in Sudan that has been the site of a humanitarian crisis and genocide since 2003.

Sudan

A country in North-East Africa, known for internal conflicts leading to genocidal violence.

Rohingya

A Muslim ethnic minority from Myanmar, facing persecution and violence.