What is the real meaning of the Genocide? This article will focus on the effects of genocide on the world and what can be done to stop or at least lessen the genocide. I will also focus on the areas in which genocide affects today and the different types of genocide. The genocide affected many people; One of the events that became well known was the Holocaust. The term genocide was coined in 1944 by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, who combined the Greek words geno (race) with the Latin word cide (to kill). Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide states: "In this Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in its entirety, a national group, ethnic, racial or religious: as such: Killing members of a group, causing serious bodily or mental harm to a member of a group, deliberately subjecting the group to living conditions intended to bring about its physical or partial destruction, imposing measures intended to prevent births within a group. group, or forcibly transfer children from the group to another group” (Overview: Defining Genocide). Genocide is made up of individual acts and individual choices to carry them out. The Holocaust was one of the most notable genocides. It began in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power. The Holocaust is an example of genocide because it specifically targeted the Jewish people. A total of 6 million Jews were killed, the Holocaust also targeted other groups due to their racial inferiority, political, ideological and behavioral reasons, including Gypsies, the disabled and some Slavic peoples. In September 1941, more than 33,000 Jews were killed in just two days. Although many people believe...... middle of paper......it is the same size as France. Darfur is home to around 6 million people, all of them Muslims. In a struggle for political control, weapons flowed into Darfur, sparking conflict. Two Darfur rebel movements, the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality movement, sparked conflict against the Sudanese government in 2003. The Sudanese government unleashed the Janjaweed (horse devils) to retaliate. Sudanese forces, with the help of the Janjaweed, attacked hundreds of villages, over 400 villages were destroyed and millions of people were forced to flee. The genocide in Darfur left 400,000 dead and more than 2,500,000 people displaced. More than 1,000 people die every day and around 5,000 people die every month. Darfur is still suffering today and the problem with Sudan can only be resolved when peace is restored in Darfur..