The biggest genocide in human history didn’t occur in Nazi Germany, but on American soil…

It has always been puzzling to me that practically everyone is aware of the tragedy in Nazi Germany known as “the holocaust”, but so few people know about the almost incomprehensible genocide that was committed against the Native American Indians in the Americas. Although there is no conclusive record, the estimated number of victims from the holocaust in Nazi Germany rests at about 6 million people, including an estimated 1.5 million children, while the estimated total amount of Native American Indians is as high as a mind numbing 100 million men, women and children!

Without negating the legitimate suffering of the Jewish victims of the Nazi regime, if we were to make a comparison (because the holocaust is the most famous genocide in history), the Native American genocide – which also included the rape of women, torture of both adults and children, as well as slavery, and other savage acts – is not only more dramatic based on numbers alone, but has also been far more crippling in the long term than the effects of the holocaust on the Jewish community, which today actually boasts some of the most powerful and rich families and people in the world.
This story starts with Christopher Columbus, who has been propagated as a hero for centuries. It is interesting that he actually noted how kind hearted the native peoples were to him and his men when they arrived. Rather than returning this kindness like a normal human being, Columbus being the imperialist psychopath that he actually was, found this to be perfect grounds to steal from them and manipulate them which he documented in his personal log as follows;

“They … brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things… They willingly traded everything they owned… They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane… . They would make fine servants…. With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”

This was just the beginning though, Columbus began to force the Natives, 13 years and older, into labor to find gold. He gave them quotas that if not met, he would torture them, usually by chopping off their hands which resulted in them slowly bleeding to death. The atrocities committed by Columbus and his mean demonstrate that history has certainly been written by the victors, and the victors do not want the Native American’s side of the story to be told.

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