What is the real meaning of Genocide? This article will focus on the effects that genocide has had on the world and what can be done to stop or at least lessen the genocide. I will also focus on the effects of genocide today and the different types of genocide. The genocide affected many people; one event that became known was the Holocaust. The term Genocide was coined in 1944 by the 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 the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole, a national, ethnic, racial or religious, as such: kill members of a group, cause serious physical or mental harm to a member of a group, deliberately inflict on the group conditions of life intended to cause its physical or partial destruction, total or partial, impose measures intended to prevent births within a group, or forcibly transferring children from the group to another group” (Overview: Definition of Genocide). Genocide is made up of individual acts and individual choices to carry them out. The Holocaust was one of the most noted genocides, the Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power. The Holocaust is an example of genocide because it specifically targeted Jews. Overall, 6 million Jews were killed, the Holocaust also targeted other groups due to their racial, political, ideological and behavioral inferiority, including: gypsies, the disabled and some Slavs. In September 1941, more than 33,000 Jews were killed in just two days. Although many people believe that... half of the card... is the same size as France. Darfur is home to around 6 million people, all Muslims. In the struggle for political control, weapons poured into Darfur, where the conflict began. Two Darfur rebel movements, the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality movement, began a conflict against the Sudanese government in 2003. The Sudanese government unleashed the Janjaweed (devils on horses) to take revenge. Sudanese forces with the help of the Janjaweed attacked hundreds of villages, over 400 villages were destroyed and millions were forced to flee. The genocide in Darfur has left 400,000 dead and over 2,500,000 displaced. More than 1,000 people die every day and around 5,000 every month. Darfur today is still suffering and the problem with Sudan cannot be resolved until peace is re-established in Darfur.