mass execution

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On sites of mass execution of Jews by the Nazis, on Soviet territory, there were few monuments or plaques referencing Jewish victims.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

It remains the largest mass execution of American soldiers by the US Army.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

In the state of Arkansas this weekend, one of America’s largest and most successful businesses intervened in an historic legal action to try to stop a mass execution from going ahead.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2017

It was not planned,” al-Shamri said, pointing out that Nimr had been sentenced in 2014 and that the government had announced the plan for the mass execution in November.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2016

There have been rumors in the village that Pa was not killed in a Khmer Rouge mass execution.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung