What are the Eight Stages of Genocide?
It is difficult to comprehend genocide without experiencing it personally. The definition of a genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation, but how do they happen? Where do they begin? Genocides follow a specific series of stages: classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination, and denial. This website will lead you through the eight stages of genocide as they were carried out during history's most notorious genocide, the Holocaust.