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Amritsar Massacre
Almost 400 Indians were killed by armed British. -
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Holocaust
Approximately 5,860,000 Jewish people were slaughtered during the Holocaust. -
Hitler gains absolute power
Without this man, millions of people would not have been killed. -
First mass arrest of Jewish poeple
The first of many arrests, and the start of what would become an horrific act of genocide. -
India's Independence
India became an independent nation on August 15, 1947. -
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Apartheid in South Africa
Apartheid was a legal system of segration that was used between 1948 and 1949. The National Party was largely responsible for its leglisation. -
Universal Decleration of Human Rights
A formal legal declaration that states every human being's inherent human rights. It was established because of the attrocaties comitted during World War 2. -
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Vietnam War
Many attrocities were commited in the name of war. -
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Segregation in the USA
During the 60's segregation ran rampant throughout America, particulary in the southern states. -
Huế Massacre
This went for 28 days and between 2800 and 6000 people were tortured and executed or buried alive by Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. -
My Lai Massacre
347 - 504 unarmed civilians were killed by soldiers from the United States. -
Soweto Riots
A protest in which 20 000 students participated and roughly 176 people were killed.
