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Genocide is considered to be one of the worst moral crimes a government can commit against its citizens or those it controls[1]. The major reason for this was when the world became aware of the Holocaust

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Genocide is considered to be one of the worst moral crimes a government can commit against its citizens or those it controls1. The major reason for this was when the world became aware of the Holocaust, where the methodical attempt was made by German during the World War II to kill every Jew as a group. This caused five to 6 million Jews who became a victim of genocide. Winston Churchill called it the crime 'that has no name' after the extent of the Nazi slaughter against the Jews in the World War II2 The crime was given a name when the world learned about the Holocaust and that there was an international attempt through the United Nations to make the crime defined as genocide an international crime and to bring its perpetrators to justice3. Genocide is the deliberate and orderly devastation of a group of people defined by their nationality,...

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