mass murder

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“Normally, I would agree that diplomacy is better than isolating an adversary,” Dr. Gregory H. Stanton, founding president of Genocide Watch, a group that aims to predict and punish targeted mass murder, told Salon.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

The images provide a unique perspective on the Holocaust, chronicling S.S. officers going about their daily activities in a manner utterly divorced from the reality of the mass murder that was taking place nearby.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Perhaps the lesson that Kissinger saw in the Holocaust was that mass murder during a geopolitical conflict was, if not quite forgivable, then eminently forgettable by those with the will to do so.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2023

The platform says it prohibits content denying that mass murder took place which "includes, but is not limited to, events like the Holocaust, school shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters".

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

Thus the students already at risk, already suffering, have become suspects, linked in various thoughtless ways to mass murder and—consequently—more alienated than before.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz