Our main historical reference to genocide is the murder of millions by Hitler's Germany. And that is understandable considering not only the motivation, ethnic cleansing, but the sheer number of those murdered.



5. How many Jews were murdered in each country and what percentage of the pre-war Jewish population did they constitute? Answer: (Source: Encyclopedia of the Holocaust)

Austria 50,000 -- 27.0%

Italy 7,680 -- 17.3%

Belgium 28,900 -- 44.0%

Latvia 71,500 -- 78.1%

Bohemia/Moravia 78,150 -- 66.1%

Lithuania 143,000 -- 85.1%

Bulgaria 0 -- 0.0%

Luxembourg 1,950 -- 55.7%

Denmark 60 -- 0.7%

Netherlands 100,000 -- 71.4%

Estonia 2,000 -- 44.4%

Norway 762 -- 44.8%

Finland 7 -- 0.3%

Poland 3,000,000 -- 90.9%

France 77,320 -- 22.1%

Romania 287,000 -- 47.1%

Germany 141,500 -- 25.0%

Slovakia 71,000 -- 79.8%

Greece 67,000 -- 86.6%

Soviet Union 1,100,000 -- 36.4%

Hungary 569,000 -- 69.0%

Yugoslavia 63,300 -- 81.2%

In aggregate 48.77% of the Jewish population in Europe were killed.

The UN has defined Genocide in Article 6 of the Rome Statute:



Article 6: Genocide For the purpose of this Statute, "genocide" means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

• Acts that could be obvious “elements” of the crime of genocide as defined in Article 6 of the Rome Statute, such as killings, abduction and disappearances,

torture, rape and sexual violence; ‘ethnic cleansing’ or pogroms; • Less obvious methods of destruction, such as the deliberate deprivation of

resources needed for the group’s physical survival and which are available to the rest of the population, such as clean water, food and medical services; • Creation of circumstances that could lead to a slow death, such as lack of proper housing, clothing and hygiene or excessive work or physical exertion; • Programs intended to prevent procreation, including involuntary sterilization, forced abortion, prohibition of marriage and long-term separation of men and women; • Forcible transfer of children, imposed by direct force or through fear of violence, duress, detention, psychological oppression or other methods of coercion; • Death threats or ill treatment that causes disfigurement or injury; forced or coerced use of drugs or other treatment that damages health.

Creation of circumstances that could lead to a slow death, such as lack of proper housing, clothing and hygiene or excessive work or physical exertion;

The UN also has programs to try and avoid genocide and I found these indicators therein.When I read this blockquoted sentence I think about my grades, certifications, and qualifications and think about the hundreds of applications I had to put in just to get a buck over minimum wage job. I think about the bedsore developing on my tailbone from sleeping on the floor because apartment managers that were effervescent when I drop off my application are harsh and evasive in their decision not to rent to me after the credit reporting agencies out me as Transgender to them. Face it, in this society if you don't work you suffer greatly, unless you were born rich, and denial of jobs and housing mean certain pain and suffering.