The reason that the German Holocaust shocked the conscience was that it happened to Europeans on European soil. But it had happened other times too, just outside of Europe.
NOTE: In comparing other atrocities to the Holocaust, this document does not seek to downplay the horrors of the Holocaust. The details of the Holocaust should be known far and wide, so those problems won't be repeated again. But the other atrocities held their own horrors that also shouldn't be minimized. Each atrocity stands on its own, and shouldn't be used to minimize others.
As the historian trope goes, "it was more complex than that, and it started earlier".
| name | killed and injured | dates |
|---|---|---|
| Holocaust | 6 million Jews, and millions of others, killed | 1941 - 1945 |
| Congo Free State | ~12 million killed | 1885 - 1908 |
| Japanese Empire atrocities |
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