Defining mass atrocities
Key terms
Why the 20th century?
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The Armenian Genocide (1915-1916)
Background
The genocide
Significance for AP World History
The Holocaust (1941-1945)
Background: Nazi antisemitism
Escalation of persecution
The death camps
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Death toll and scope
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Why it matters for AP World History
The Holodomor (1932-1933)
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The Nanjing Massacre (1937-1938)
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Later 20th-century atrocities
Cambodian Genocide (1975-1979)
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Rwandan Genocide (1994)
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Bosnian Genocide (1992-1995)
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Patterns of genocide
International responses and institutions
The Nuremberg Trials (1945-1946)
The UN Genocide Convention (1948)
International Criminal Court (ICC, 2002)
Primary sources
Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz (1947)
Raphael Lemkin, coining the word "genocide" (1944)
Romeo Dallaire, commander of UN forces in Rwanda (2003)
Key figures
Key events summary
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