Were there events like the Holocaust that happened? What were the names of the events?
Tragically there have been genocides repeated throughout history. A few have been listed here, but populations and ethnic groups have been wiped out going as far back as biblical times. The Romans seemed to have knack for this, wiping out several European tribes, massacring significant numbers of Jews repeatedly, and later Christians. They have gone by other names — purges, cleansings, etc. Same result though. Armenia, Rwanda, the Balklands and Dar fur have been mentioned here already. One that you might want to add is the purges that happened in Russia while Stalin was in power, as many as 20 million people may have died during this period. Pol Pot’s crimes in Cambodia is another example of genocide — this occurred mostly in the 1970s. The stunningly stupid and ignorant comment posted here earlier comparing the internment of the Japanese to the events of the Holocaust is offensive beyond description.
