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Bosnia and Herzegovina – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum An estimated 100,000 people were killed during the conflict in Bosnia between 1992 and 1995, including the July 1995 genocide of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica. Learn more
Rwanda – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum In 1994, between 500,000 and one million Rwandans were massacred in a genocide when the Hutu extremist-led government launched a plan to wipe out the country’s entire Tutsi minority
What have we learned about the risk factors and warning signs of genocide? | Holocaust Encyclopedia – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The study of the Holocaust raises questions about how the world can recognize and respond to indications that a country is at risk for genocide or mass atrocity. While each genocide is unique, […]
Definitions: Types of Mass Atrocities – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Crimes against humanity are defined as “any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population.”
What is Genocide? – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Origin of the Term Genocide. The word “genocide” did not exist prior to 1944. It is a very specific term coined by a Polish-Jewish lawyer named Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959) who sought to describe Nazi policies of systematic murder during the Holocaust, including the destruction of European […]