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What happened during Kristallnacht?
A violent pogrom in 1938 where Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed in Nazi Germany.
What was the 'Final Solution'?
The Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews, implemented starting in 1941.
What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?
To prosecute Nazi leaders for war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity after WWII.
What happened during the Armenian Genocide?
The Ottoman government systematically killed and deported Armenians during and after WWI.
What was the Holodomor?
A man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine (1932-1933) caused by Soviet policies.
What occurred during the Cambodian Genocide?
The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, killed approximately 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians in the late 1970s.
What happened during the Rwandan Genocide?
In 1994, the Hutu-dominated government and militias killed approximately 500,000 to 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda.
When did the Holocaust begin?
The Holocaust began in 1933 with the rise of the Nazi party in Germany.
When did the Rwandan Genocide take place?
The Rwandan Genocide took place in the 1990s.
When did the Cambodian Genocide take place?
The Cambodian Genocide took place in the late 1970s.
What is the definition of 'Genocide'?
The deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people based on ethnicity, religion, or other factors.
What is the definition of 'Anti-Semitism'?
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews.
What is the definition of 'Pogrom'?
An organized massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe.
What is the definition of 'Dehumanization'?
The process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities.
What is the definition of 'Collectivization'?
A policy of forced consolidation of individual farms into collective farms, as carried out by the Soviet Union.
What is the definition of 'Ethnic Cleansing'?
The systematic forced removal of ethnic or religious groups from a given territory.
What is the definition of 'Crimes Against Humanity'?
Widespread or systematic attacks directed against any civilian population.
What is the definition of 'War Crimes'?
Violations of the laws or customs of war.
What is the definition of 'Radical Social Engineering'?
A top-down approach to fundamentally restructuring society according to a specific ideology.
What is the definition of 'Interahamwe'?
A Hutu paramilitary organization that perpetrated the Rwandan Genocide.
Compare the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide.
Both were systematic attempts to eliminate ethnic groups, but the Holocaust was more industrialized and centrally planned, while the Armenian Genocide involved more deportation and forced marches.
Compare the Cambodian and Rwandan Genocides.
Both involved rapid, brutal killings of specific groups, but the Cambodian Genocide was driven by radical social engineering, while the Rwandan Genocide was fueled by ethnic hatred and political instability.