The Holocaust during World War II and the Rwandan Genocide have both been cited as atrocities facilitated by a government sanctioned dehumanization of its citizens . In terms of the Holocaust , government proliferated propaganda created a culture of dehumanization of the Jewish population . Crimes like lynching ( especially in the United States ) are often thought of as the result of popular bigotry and government apathy
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Dehumanization