 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Shoko rokuti kuparadza rudzi risati raumbwa, paiva nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzokurondedzera zviitiko zvakadaro. Mimwe mitauro yakanga yatova nemashoko okuuraya kwakadaro, kubatanidza chiGerman , uye chiPolish , . Muna 1941, Winston Churchill, achirondedzera kupinda kweGermany muSoviet Union, akataura nezvetsotsi risina zita. Muna 1944, Raphael Lemkin akagadzira shoko rokuti genocide kusanganiswa kweshoko rechiGiriki chekare rokuti génos γένος, rinoreva kuti rudzi kana kuti vanhu neshoko rechiLatin rokuti caedere, kuuraya mubhuku rake rinonzi Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. Bhuku racho rinorondedzera kushandiswa kwemitemo yeNazi muEurope yakatorwa, uye rinonongedzera kuurawa kwakawanda kwakare. Pashure pokurava nezvokupondwa kwa1921 kwaTalat Pasha, mugadziri mukuru wokuparadza rudzi rwechiArmenian, naSoghomon Tehlirian wechiArmenian, Lemkin akabvunza purofesa wake chikonzero nei kwakanga kusina mutemo uyo Talat aigona kupomerwa nawo. Akazotsanangura kuti, semugweta, ndaifunga kuti mhosva haifaniri kurangwa nevaya vanenge vapara mhosva, asi inofanira kurangwa nedare. 