21 February 2011

The Top 10 Genocides of Last Century

This is a very depressing subject, but an important one. Sometimes when we think of genocide we go right to "the Holocaust" in Europe from 1933-1945.
       Here is the top 10 genocides of the 20th century:
  1. China, under Mao Ze-Dong, 1949-50 and 1966-69: 50 million to 78 million people
  2. Soviet Union, under Jozef Stalin, 1932-39: 23 million
  3. Europe, under Adolph Hitler, 1933-1945: 12 million
  4. Congo, under Leopold II of Belgium, 1886-1908: 8 million
  5. Japan, under Hideki Tojo, 1941-1944: 5 million
  6. Armenia, under Turkish rule, 1915: 1.8 million (Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks)
  7. Cambodia, under Pol Pot, 1975-79: 1.7 million
  8. North Korea, under Kim II June, 1948-1994: 1.6 million
  9. Ethiopia, under Menghistu, 1975-78: 1.5 million
  10. Biafra, under Yakubu Gowon, 1967-1970: 1 million

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  1. AramFebruary 21, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    that is staggering. I had no idea the numbers for China were that high.

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  2. Being Write with GodFebruary 21, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    Go back a little further and you could add the American Indian.

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  3. RogerFebruary 21, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    HEARTWRENDING - the single question that stalks & haunts me most throughout life is how can human beings be so cruel to one another (especially when it is done in the name of God)??? All the obvious answers do absolutely nothing for my heart & tear-ducts!...Although there is very compelling argument from this Top-10 list that Christians & religious zealots by no means hold a corner on the market, & in fact pale in comparison to efforts to exterminate religion.

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