Fundamental democracy
Never again
Freedom to remember, in practice.
People must be free to preserve, share, and examine evidence of events that can affect democratic decisions.
Never again shows one way to put that freedom into practice: document events people want to prevent from happening again, and make the evidence available for anyone to examine.
Photo: PSH851, 2008, CC BY 3.0.
The records
1933–1945 · Europe
The Holocaust
Nazi Germany, its allies, and collaborators systematically persecuted and murdered approximately six million European Jews. The record includes perpetrators' documents, survivor testimony, physical evidence, and demographic research.
Read the record and evidence3–4 June 1989 and aftermath · Beijing, China
Beijing and Tiananmen, 1989
Chinese troops used lethal force as they advanced through Beijing to end the protest movement centred on Tiananmen Square. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people were killed; the exact total remains unresolved.
Read the record and evidenceJuly 1995 · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Srebrenica, 1995
After Bosnian Serb forces took Srebrenica in July 1995, more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed. International courts established that genocide was committed.
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Keeping the record open
Evidence must remain accessible even when it is uncomfortable for those in power. People must be free to examine it, question accounts, and bring forward further evidence.
People can disagree about whether a decision was justified. They should still have access to the evidence of what happened.
Each entry identifies its sources and makes uncertainty clear. Court findings are attributed, and corrections are dated. The linked archives hold the underlying documents and testimony; these entries provide a starting point for examining them.