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 memory of the mass murder of Jews looms large over Israel.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 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