Title: The Ten Stages of a Genocide - Montreal Holocaust Museum
Headings: The Ten Stages of Genocide
The Ten Stages of Genocide
The ten stages of genocide
1. Classification
2. Symbolisation
3. Discrimination
4. Dehumanisation
5. Organisation
6. Polarisation
7. Preparation
8. Persecution
9. Extermination
10. Denial
Preventing genocides
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Content: Site of prison S-21, also known as Tuol Sleng in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Thousands of people were tortured and killed there during the genocide. It is believed that only ten survived. Source : Adam Jones, Flickr
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Stage 10 : Denial. Protest in Ottawa for the recognition of the Armenian genocide. Some 100 years later, Turkey still refuses to acknowledge the genocide. Source: Armenian National Committee of Quebec
Preventing genocides
In order to prevent genocides from occurring, it is important to first understand how they unfold.