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definitions
Scholarship varies on the definition of genocide employed when analysing whether events are genocidal in nature. The United Nations Genocide Convention, not always employed, defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide

general links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_Convention

Selected Historical Genocides
Wikipedia's list of genocides

genocide in Native America, 1492 to 1900
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C3%ADno_genocide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_genocide

"An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873" [] by Benjamin Madley |
http://www.amazon.com/American-Genocide-California-Catastrophe-1846-1873-ebook/dp/B01EUYN5IU/

"Native America and the Question of Genocide (Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human Rights (5 books)" [] by Alex Alvarez
http://www.amazon.com/Native-America-Question-Genocide-Studies-ebook/dp/B00J3L4JLS/

genocides in the Ottoman Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamidian_massacres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Albanians_in_the_Balkan_Wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayfo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_genocide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontic_Greek_genocide

"The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924" [Apr 24, 2019] by Benny Morris and Dror Ze'evi
http://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Year-Genocide-Destruction-Christian-Minorities-ebook/dp/B07Q35SL24/

genocide in Armenia during WW1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide_Remembrance_Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial complex
built in 1967 on a hill called Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan.
http://web.archive.org/web/20150408085214/http://armeniangenocide100.org/en/

"1915: The Movie" [indep April 2015]
A theater director rehearses a surreal modern play about the Armenian genocide
full credits at IMDb • watch 3/2015 official trailer [2:30] at YouTube

"The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response" [Nov 21, 2023] by Peter Balakian
http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Tigris-Armenian-Genocide-Americas-ebook/dp/B000W94EC4/

"Armenian Genocide: The Great Crime of World War I (History of Terror 16 books)" [] by David Charlwood
http://www.amazon.com/Armenian-Genocide-Great-History-Terror-ebook/dp/B07QSPN9HL/

"Armenian Genocide: The Complete Account of Armenians Harrowing Forced Evacuation from Turks
of the Ottoman Empire" [May 9, 2024] by Charles William
http://www.amazon.com/Armenian-Genocide-Armenians-Harrowing-Evacuation-ebook/dp/B0D3WV96Q5/

"Surviving the Forgotten Genocide: An Armenian Memoir" [Mar 27, 2020] by John Minassian, Roderic Ai Camp, et al.
http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Forgotten-Genocide-Armenian-Memoir-ebook/dp/B0844XFYKH/

"Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot that Avenged the Armenian Genocide" [Apr 21, 2015] by Eric Bogosian
http://www.amazon.com/Operation-Nemesis-Assassination-Armenian-Genocide-ebook/dp/B00MEMMS48/

Holodomor Soviet-made famine in Ukraine and the northern Kuban - 1932-1933
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

The Holocaust during WW2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

"Shoah" 9½-hour documentary [France April 1985]

		Investigates the Holocaust genocide at the level of experience, thru testimony of survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators connected mainly with the Chelmno extermination camp near Lodz in Poland; the Treblinka extermination camp in Poland; the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camps in Poland; and the Warsaw Ghetto [Oct 1940 - May 1943] • Directed by Claude Lanzmann; won three awards at the Berlin International Film Festival & Honorary César Award & IDA Award in 1986, won two Flaherty Documentary Awards from BAFTA in 1987 New Yorker Films 503-minute DVD [10/2003] 4 disks - out of prodn/used New Yorker Films 503-minute VHS [6/2000] 4 tapes - out of prodn/used Paramount Home Video 570-minute VHS [undated] 5 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • British 'Masters of Cinema' commercial website
		"Shoah: The Complete Text Of The Acclaimed Holocaust Film" [1985] by Claude Lanzmann Da Capo Press English translation 7¾x5 pb [8/95] for $11.17 Editions Larousse French-language mass pb [10/97] out of print/imported Fayard French-language 9x6 hardcover [1985] out of print/imported

"Le Rapport Karski (The Karski Report)" [France March 2010]
Featuring interview footage of Jan Karski, an officer in the Polish Underground during WWII, filmed in 1978 and not
included in "Shoah" • Directed by Claude Lanzmann • DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb

		"The Origins of Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia To The Final Solution" [1995] by Henry Friedlander Author explores in chilling detail how the Nazi program of secretly exterminating the handicapped & disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of Jews & Gypsies Kindle Edition from Univ North Carolina Press [2000 edition] for $16.19 Univ North Carolina Press pb [9/97] for $39.99 Univ North Carolina Press pb [9/97] out of print/used Univ North Carolina Press 9¾x6½ hardcover [1995] for $63.63
		"War and Genocide: A Concise History of The Holocaust" [2007] by Doris L. Bergen one of 21 books in the Critical Issues in International History series Kindle Edition from Rowman & Littlefield Publrs [3/2016] for $45.11 {sic} Rowman & Littlefield Publrs 3rd edition 9x6 pb [3/2016] out of print/used Rowman & Littlefield Publrs 2nd edition 9x6 pb [2009] out of print/used Rowman & Littlefield Publrs 9x6 pb [3/2016] for $47.22 Rowman & Littlefield Publrs 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2009] for $26.59 Barnes & Noble hardcover [2007] out of print/used
		"Holocaust Cinema Complete: A History and Analysis of 400 Films, With A Teaching Guide" [2021] by Rich Brownstein; Forewords by Tim Blake Nelson, Michael Berenbaum & Edward Jacobs, Walter Reich, and David Zucker examines more than 400 films from a range of perspectives - historical, chronological, thematic, sociological, geographical, and individual; includes reviews of the 50 best Holocaust films Kindle Edition from McFarland [9/2021] for $22.49 McFarland 10x7 pb [9/2021] for $42.10
		"The Holocaust: A Concise History" [2023] by Doris L. Bergen reissue of prior 2007 & 2016 editions, same page count Kindle Edition from Rowman & Littlefield Publrs [9/2023] for $34.00 {sic}

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was 18 years old when she was sent by prison train to Auschwitz in 1943. She credits her survival to the fact that she played cello in the death camp’s orchestra. She was 20 when she testified during the Belsen Trials against the infamous Nazi doctor Fritz Klein, among others. And she was in her nineties when, a few years ago, she invited the son of the Commandant of Auschwitz into her living room. docufilm "The Commandant’s Shadow" is a critically acclaimed documentary by Daniela Völker, just released on HBO. In it, we see Anita and her eldest daughter Maya in conversation with 87-year-old Hans Jürgen Höss, whose father Rudolf oversaw the murder of more than a million Jews. Hans grew up in the shadow of Auschwitz, and his childhood was the subject of Jonathan Glazer’s recent Academy Award–winning film "The Zone of Interest". But here we see Hans and his son Kai sit in the home of Holocaust survivor Anita, who says to him: “It was brave of you to do this”.

recent genocides

genocide in Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan) - 1971
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_genocide

genocide of Ikiza in Burundi - 1972
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikiza

genocide in East Timor, Indonesia - 1974-1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor_genocide

Cambodian genocide in Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) - 1975-1979
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide

"Enemies of The People" [2010]
Pol Pot (Actor), Nuon Chea (Actor), Thet Sambath (Director), Rob Lemkin (Director)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00578K2H6 2 Disc Special Edition)

genocide in Rwanda - 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide

"The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda" [1/2013] by Scott Straus
http://www.amazon.com/Order-Genocide-Race-Power-Rwanda-ebook/dp/B00B2I61X4/

massacres of Hutu tribes during the First Congo War in Kivu, Zaire - 1996-1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Hutus_during_the_First_Congo_War

current genocides

genocide in Darfur, Sudan - since 2003

genocide in Palestine - since October 2023
see also Palestine Genocide on the War Movies Festival Pages

Trauma doctor Gabor Maté and Palestinian journalist & therapist Ashira Darwish discuss “Where Olive Trees Weep” - new documentary that explores Palestinian loss, trauma and the fight for justice over decades of life under Israeli occupation.

works about genocide

"Genocide: A World History" [] by Norman M. Naimark
http://www.amazon.com/Genocide-World-History-New-Oxford-ebook/dp/B01MQQWREI/

"The Politics of Genocide" [] by Edward S. Herman, David Peterson, et al. |
http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Genocide-Edward-S-Herman-ebook/dp/B00ARF25LK/

"Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts" [] by Samuel Totten & William S. Parsons
http://www.amazon.com/Centuries-Genocide-Essays-Eyewitness-Accounts-ebook/dp/B0B5FQ6GDH/

"The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies" [] by Donald Bloxham & A. Dirk Moses Apr 15, 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Handbook-Genocide-Studies-Handbooks-ebook/dp/B007AQ1H5Y/

"Genocide: Revised and Expanded Edition (Groundwork Guides)" [] by Jane Springer & Santiago Solís Oct 1, 2024
http://www.amazon.com/Genocide-Revised-Expanded-Groundwork-Guides-ebook/dp/B0CQKF15HH/

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