10 Stages of Genocide

  1. Classification.

‘Us & them” categorization

  • Symbolization.

Swastikas, Yellow Star

  • Discrimination.

Deny rights to other groups.

  • Dehumanization.

Equate other groups with vermin, diseases or insects.

  • Organisation.

By State, militia or paramilitary force.

  • Polarisation.

Propaganda that promotes extremism.  Laws forbidding intermarriage or social interaction.

  • Preparation.

Final solution paradigm.

  • Persecution.

Identified and separated.

  • Extermination.

Mass Killings aka genocide.

  1. Denial.

Deny that the crime has been committed.  Destroy the evidence.  Obfuscate the truth.

Dr Gregory H. Stanton Genocide Watch.

https://www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages