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This is a list of diseases known (or declared) to have been eliminated from the United States, either permanently or at one time.("Elimination" is the preferred term for "regional eradication" of a disease; the term "eradication" is reserved for the reduction of an infectious disease's global prevalence to zero.)
Exterminate All the Brutes is an internationally co-produced documentary television miniseries revolving around colonization and genocide, directed and narrated by Raoul Peck.
Extermination or exterminate may refer to: . Pest control, elimination of insects or vermin; Extermination (crime), the killing of human on a large scale Genocide, at least one of five "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group"
A child with smallpox.In 1980, the World Health Organization announced the global eradication of smallpox. It is the only human disease to be eradicated worldwide. Video recording of a set of presentations given in 2010 about humanity's efforts towards malaria eradication
Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. [a] [1] Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by means such as "the disintegration of [its] political and social institutions, of [its] culture, language, national feelings, religion, and [its ...
Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) – Film produced by U.S. armed forces and presented at the Nuremberg trials (57:53). In a draft of an internal memorandum, dated 18 September 1942, Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler wrote that "in principle the Fuehrer's time is no longer to be burdened with these matters"; the memorandum goes on to outline Himmler's vision, including "The delivery of anti ...
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement was founded by Les U. Knight, [2] [3] [B] a graduate of Western Oregon University [5] and high school substitute teacher living in Portland, Oregon. [2]
This category lists some of the species that have become extinct as a result of intentional or unintentional human activity.. If a more specific reason is known, the species should also be assigned to a subcategory of Category:Species by threat.