There were at least six attempts at genocide during the 20th Century:

1915-1918: Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire (1.5 million killed)
1932-1933: Starvation of Ukrainians by the USSR and Josef Stalin (7 million killed)
1937-1938: Rape of Nanking by Japanese (300,000 killed)
1938-1945: Nazi Holocaust of European Jews (6 million killed)
1975-1979: Pol Pot Murder of Cambodians (2 million killed)
1983- ?: Atrocities Committed During Second Sudanese Civil War (1.9 million civilians killed, 4 million refugees)
1994: Rwandan Genocide (800,000 killed)
1992-1995: Bosnia-Herzegovinia Genocide (200,000 killed)

What is genocide?
Genocide is the killing of a race, or a religious group. Genocide was introduced as a term in 1944 by Raphael Lemkinn, who said a crime needed to be created that would explain the mass killings that occurred in Nazi Germany.

What are the causes of genocide?

What happens to those who commit genocide?

Are the penalties effective in stopping future genocides?

What happens to the affected people after a genocide attempt ends, or is stopped?

What can be done to prevent future genocides?

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