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Genocides and Atrocities

In the past 150 years, tens of millions of men, women and children have lost their lives in genocide or mass atrocities. Millions have been tortured, raped or forced from their homes. Can you name some of the most terrible acts perpetrated by humans against humans?
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In 1915, the Ottoman Empire rounded up, deported and executed more than 1 million of these people. Who were they?
Armenians
In 1933, Germany's Nazi Party implemented an organized strategy of persecution, murder and genocide that ended in the deaths of an estimated 6 million people. Who were they?.
Jews
The Khmer Rouge took control of this country in 1975 and began a "re-education" campaign targeting political dissidents. Between 1.7 and 2 million people died. In what country did this take place?
Cambodia
Civil war broke out in this country in 1990, exacerbating tensions between the Tutsi minority and Hutu majority. What country was this?
Rwanda
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Beginning in 1991, Yugoslavia began to break up along ethnic lines. This led to a campaign of ethnic cleansing that claimed the lives of an estimated 100,000 people. In what country did this take place?
Bosnia
Over a decade ago the Government of this country carried out genocide against Darfuri civilians, murdering 300,000 & displacing over 2 million people. In what country did this happen?
Sudan
For hundreds of years a mixture of colonial conflict, disease, specific atrocities and policies of discrimination led to the deaths of more than 9 million of these people by the U.S. government. Who were the people?
Native Americans
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