Herero War, German Southwest Africa (1904-07): 75 000
by Imperial Germany. less dead than below, bu it was first.
the Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th century not the Holocaust...1.5 million Armenians were slaughtered,killed,burned,raped. Kids were raped,murdered in so many ways.The Turks(ottoman Empire) had fun doing this,they still don't recognize the Armenian Genocide,even though they're so m,any evidences that it did actually happen. Btw I'm Armenian that's how I know this,my ancestors were killed in the genocide...
It was the first genocide of the 20th century, and what the Turks did served as an example to many other criminals. To encourage his accomplices, Hitler once said "after all, who still remembers the Armenian genocide?".
The answers are Turkey,Rwanda,Germany. -Apex
Genocide in the 20th Century. The Nazi Holocaust1938-1945 six million deaths. It began with a simple boycott of Jewish shops.___The genocide began in 1941. See the related question.
The US in the early 20th century was isolationist and could not have cared less about the Armenian Genocide. As a result, the US did nothing.
All three of these massive crimes (Armenian Genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, and the Rape/Massacre of Nanking) are GENOCIDESthat took place in the first half of the 20th century.
Genocide is the extermination of a race of people. An example of this is the Nazis attempt to exterminate the Jewish people in the early 20th Century leading up to WWII.
The Armenian Genocide is significant because, first of all, it was the first Genocide of the 20th century. Second, the Ottoman empire has nearly destroyed 70% of the Armenian population. Third, it was a mass massacre toward humanity due to the brutality and monstrosity they used to kill the Armenian people. And finally, they used the Armenians religion Christianity as a major cause to kill them.
In the 20th century, significant sites of genocide or attempted genocide include the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Europe, where six million Jews were systematically murdered, and the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, where an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were killed. Other notable instances include the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and the Cambodian Genocide under the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s, resulting in the deaths of approximately 1.7 million people. Additionally, the Bosnian Genocide in the 1990s targeted Bosniak Muslims and Croats during the Yugoslav Wars.
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The First Genocide of the 21st century is taking place right now Darfur, Sudan, and has been for roughly five years now. (February 2003) The First Genocide of the 21st century is taking place right now Darfur, Sudan, and has been for roughly five years now. (February 2003)
1903 in Namibia, Which was the first genocide of the 20th century. Was caused by the people of Namibia revolting against German rule.
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