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Genocide (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what the old consolation 'the people of Israel shall live' had never faced: individuals, families, whole communities might die, but the people would survive.

Genocide (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the East had a larger frame, a negative demographic policy: had Germany won, the Poles would have suffered the Jews' fate — the 'P' badge already replaced the star.

Genocide (n.) appeared ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to the Jews, thinking in terms of their own history, not as the newest crime but as the oldest crime they remembered — a misunderstanding at the root of all the trial's failures.

Genocide (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an attack upon human diversity as such — upon a characteristic of the human status without which 'mankind' or 'humanity' would be devoid of meaning.

Genocide (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not murder on a larger scale: state-employed mass murderers must be prosecuted because they violated the order of mankind, not because they killed millions — an altogether different order is broken.

Genocide (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠better named administrative massacre, which dispels the prejudice that such acts are done only to a foreign race: Hitler began with Germany's 'incurably ill,' and the principle of selection depends only on circumstance.