100 Years of Genocide
1st three decades of the 20th century: USA
- American Eugenics Movement
sought to eliminate the "feeble minded" from society.
1904: Nambia -
German government massacred over 81% of the population of the
Hereros in southern Africa (65,000 out of a total population of 80,000).
1915: Turkey -
Ottomans killed over one million Armenians attempting to completely
eradicate (kill) all of the Armenians living in Turkey.
1919: Ukraine -
Ukrainians executed up to 250,000 Jews.
1932-33: Ukraine -
Stalin of the Soviet Union purposely starved to death up to ten
million Ukrainian people.
Late 1930s: Soviet Union -
Soviet Union shot and killed up to 500,000 people for
political reasons (there is proof that in 1937-1938, sometimes up to 1000 persons
were shot per day in Moscow alone).
Early 1940s: Eastern Europe -
Nazi Holocaust killed nearly six million Jews by
firing squad, burning alive, and poison gas.
Early 1940s: Eastern Europe -
Germans executed up to 500,000 gypsies in an
attempt to destroy them.
1950s: China -
Attempted to destroy Buddhism in Tibet and killed thousands.
1965: Indonesia -
600,000 people killed - accused of being "communist."
Late 1960s: Burundi -
Tutsi killed up to 300,000 Hutus in Africa
Since 1965: Guatemala -
Over 100,000 Indians killed by military.
Late 1960s: Nigeria -
Thousands of Igbos massacred or starved to death by the
government.
1971: Pakistan -
Up to three million Bengalis killed by the Pakistan government.
Late 1970s: Cambodia -
Up to three million Kampucheans killed by the Khmer Rouge.
1975 to now: Indonesia -
Up to 100,000 out of a total population of 600,000 East
Timorans killed by Indonesian troops.
1980s: Iran and Middle East -
Thousands of Bahai tortured and killed.
1992-1995: Bosnia -
200,000 deaths
1994: Rwanda -
Hutus kill 800,000 Tutsis
2004: Sudan -
Government sponsored Janjaweed has killed off over 400,000 innocent
civilians and displaced 2.5 million people from their homes.
2017: Myanmar -
Muslim minorities in a predominately Buddhist nation are being targeted by the nations military
1st three decades of the 20th century: USA
- American Eugenics Movement
sought to eliminate the "feeble minded" from society.
1904: Nambia -
German government massacred over 81% of the population of the
Hereros in southern Africa (65,000 out of a total population of 80,000).
1915: Turkey -
Ottomans killed over one million Armenians attempting to completely
eradicate (kill) all of the Armenians living in Turkey.
1919: Ukraine -
Ukrainians executed up to 250,000 Jews.
1932-33: Ukraine -
Stalin of the Soviet Union purposely starved to death up to ten
million Ukrainian people.
Late 1930s: Soviet Union -
Soviet Union shot and killed up to 500,000 people for
political reasons (there is proof that in 1937-1938, sometimes up to 1000 persons
were shot per day in Moscow alone).
Early 1940s: Eastern Europe -
Nazi Holocaust killed nearly six million Jews by
firing squad, burning alive, and poison gas.
Early 1940s: Eastern Europe -
Germans executed up to 500,000 gypsies in an
attempt to destroy them.
1950s: China -
Attempted to destroy Buddhism in Tibet and killed thousands.
1965: Indonesia -
600,000 people killed - accused of being "communist."
Late 1960s: Burundi -
Tutsi killed up to 300,000 Hutus in Africa
Since 1965: Guatemala -
Over 100,000 Indians killed by military.
Late 1960s: Nigeria -
Thousands of Igbos massacred or starved to death by the
government.
1971: Pakistan -
Up to three million Bengalis killed by the Pakistan government.
Late 1970s: Cambodia -
Up to three million Kampucheans killed by the Khmer Rouge.
1975 to now: Indonesia -
Up to 100,000 out of a total population of 600,000 East
Timorans killed by Indonesian troops.
1980s: Iran and Middle East -
Thousands of Bahai tortured and killed.
1992-1995: Bosnia -
200,000 deaths
1994: Rwanda -
Hutus kill 800,000 Tutsis
2004: Sudan -
Government sponsored Janjaweed has killed off over 400,000 innocent
civilians and displaced 2.5 million people from their homes.
2017: Myanmar -
Muslim minorities in a predominately Buddhist nation are being targeted by the nations military