genocides
Systematic population annihilations
Genocides is the plural of genocide, the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
The word was coined in 1944 to describe the Nazi extermination of Jews, but applies to similar atrocities: the genocides in Rwanda and Cambodia, a history of colonial genocides.
Mass killings that target racial, religious, or cultural groups may be called genocides whether state-sponsored or not.
Systematic removal of populations
- mass murderKilling multiple people simultaneously
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
pogrom · liquidation · systematization · dehumanization · propaganda · camps · death squads · starvation
Nazi genocide of Jews
- RwandanFrom a small landlocked African nation
- ArmenianOf a Caucasus nation
- CambodianPerson from Angkor's land
- BosnianFrom Sarajevo's country
Holodomor · Darfur · Rohingya · Yazidi · Nanking · Bangladesh · Guatemala · Indigenous
Systematic persecution of civilians
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- NurembergGerman trial city
- ICCGlobal justice body
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
indictment · conviction · jurisdiction · intent · extermination · Hague · war crimes · culpability
Act of honoring memory
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- survivorOne still alive after
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
museum · documentation · witness · denial · recognition · education · archives · oral history
Purposeful involvement to change course
- early warningAlert before event occurs
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
monitoring · indicators · humanitarian · UN · watchlist · risk assessment · reconciliation · truth commission
ethnic cleansing
Systematic removal of populations
- mass murderKilling multiple people simultaneously
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
massacre · pogrom · liquidation · systematization · dehumanization · propaganda · camps · death squads · starvation · forced march
Holocaust
Nazi genocide of Jews
- RwandanFrom a small landlocked African nation
- ArmenianOf a Caucasus nation
- CambodianPerson from Angkor's land
Bosnian · Holodomor · Darfur · Rohingya · Yazidi · Nanking · Bangladesh · Guatemala · Indigenous · Trail of Tears
crimes against humanity
Systematic persecution of civilians
prosecution · indictment · conviction · jurisdiction · intent · extermination · Hague · war crimes · culpability · complicity
commemoration
Act of honoring memory
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- survivorOne still alive after
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
remembrance · museum · documentation · witness · denial · recognition · education · archives · oral history · trauma
intervention
Purposeful involvement to change course
- early warningAlert before event occurs
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
diplomacy · monitoring · indicators · humanitarian · UN · watchlist · risk assessment · reconciliation · truth commission
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
genocidespreservation
Maintaining something's condition
cultural preservation · rescue missions · protection · sanctuary · asylum
genocidespeace
Freedom from disturbance
nonviolence · armistice · ceasefire · reconciliation · coexistence
genocideshumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
Schindler's List · humanitarian corridors · rescue operations · peacekeeping missions · humanitarian relief
- cultural genocideDestroying identity without killing
- genocide survivorOne who lived through systematic extermination
- Rwandan Genocide1994 mass killings in central Africa
- Rwanda genocide1994 ethnic mass murder
- genocide denialRejecting evidence of mass extermination
- Armenian GenocideOttoman massacre of Armenians