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The Black Book of Genocide

With nazism’s attempt to physically exterminate unwanted groups of people, most people believed that the low point of civilization had been reached. The UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention were clear signs that the international society wished to put an end to atrocities like this. However, history both in and outside Europe has shown that the era of genocides is not over, most recently in Darfur. In this book, the stories of the genocides and political mass injustices of the 20th century are told. The different contributions aim to increase the comprehension and knowledge of what crimes we are faced with, and the many attempts within different fields to understand the background for human malice. The book also has a clear political purpose: uo inform and give the reader a feeling of responsibility, thus giving us the ability to prevent this ever happening again.

First published: 2008, Universitetsforlaget
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