Here is how I feel about studying the Holocaust, and that is unless we acknowledge that it has likewise happened (systematic killing of political dissidents and unwanteds) in other countries before and after then it actually creates suspicion and anti-Jewish animosity needlessly. Those of us of Jewish decent have a responsibility to be the ones to say the tough stuff and ask the tough questions.
Almost two million people were killed in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge. They cleansed their county of ethnic Thai, ethnic Chinese, ethnic Cham, and ethnic Vietnamese. Those who continued to espouse Buddhism in the face of communism was killed.
Do kids study this in schools today? Rarely and as an afterthought. I even hear a vast plethora of stupids say, "Well it wasn't genocide!" Um, yes? They targeted the ethnic groups of that country first and foremost.
The Rwandan genocide killed close to one million ethnic Tutsi within 3 months--3 months!!!!
Sudan is a country of 6 million (or was) and the genocide there of 500,000 native African tribal farmers by Arab mercenaries means 1/12 of their population is gone (and rising) and what do we do?
We run people through the Holocaust Museum, teach about the Holocaust in schools, unable to bring back the dead while over and over genocide takes place around the world while we look the other way or produce reports about it in school.
I'm ashamed, honestly.