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Article: As Genocide Continues to Shape World History, Landmark Conference will Seek Answers and Understanding.(Conference news)
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- Pediatrics Week
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- November 7, 2009
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Current news headlines are a sad reminder that genocide has been, and continues to be, a stain on human existence in all corners of the world, from Rwanda to Armenia, to Darfur and beyond. Those headlines also underscore the urgency of addressing every instance of the crime, particularly in light of a statement made by Adolf Hitler before invading Poland in 1939: "... I put ready my Death's Head units, with orders to send to death, mercilessly and without compassion, all men, women, and children of the Polish race or language. ... Who, after all, still talks nowadays of the extermination of the Armenians?"
Inscribed on the wall of the Holocaust Museum in ...