Genocide – Child Survivors

Herero-fanger under folkemordet. Av Ukjent fotograf. Falt i det fri (Public domain)

Herero Genocide

Herdsmen found their lands being taken over by the Germans in SW Africa and attacked German settlers over a period of time. In “return” the Germans massacred 4/5 of the population.

Photograph shows a poor, widowed Armenian woman and her children, Makarid (on her back) and Nuvart (standing next to her).

Armenian Genocide

The Ottomans murdered Armenian men and forced survivors and children to march into the Syrian desert. About 1.1 million perished.

Former inmate of German concentration camps who later became a citizen of Israel

Nazis killed an estimated 6 million Jews as well as 3.3 million Soviet POWs, 1.8 million ethnic Poles, 310,000 Serbs, 250-500,000 Roma, 250,000 people with disabilities and many Catholic leaders because of their hope to de-Christianize Europe.

Stela of skulls, Cheung Ek Killing Fields site, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. May 2009.

Khmer Rouge

After WWII, horrified European nations created the United Nations to promote peace and prevent future genocides.

A collection of human skulls. This is part of a museum exhibit in Rwanda about the country's genocide. 2007. Photo: Fanny Schertzer.

Rwandan Genocide

The Khmer Rouge killed millions in Cambodia, targeting the educated, monks, minorities, and children.

The Rohingya are not a recognized ethnic group in Myanmar and do not have the right to citizenship. That is why they are called the world’s largest stateless people. Rohingya in a refugee camp in Myanmar 2013.

Rohingya Expulsions

In 1994, Hutus massacred over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Families saw confessed killers return to their neighborhoods.

Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution" | Holocaust Encyclopedia. Source: USHMM

42nd Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches 70 Years Later: The Lingering Shadow of Wannsee

Thank you for your interest and past participation in the 42nd Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (ASC). Online registration is now available for this year’s conference. Please visit www.ascconf.org to visit our conference website, explore the presentation topics, and to register. Plenary and breakout sessions will feature scholars from around the world, including … Read more