The "Brazilian Holocaust"

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

In scenes reminiscent of Nazi concentration camps, 60,000 Brazilians, the majority overwhelmingly black, were killed in a mental hospital

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Note from BW of Brazil: Every now and then one comes across a piece of news or history that words simply cannot adequately express. Today's post is exactly one of them. A recent book release has documented the atrocities that happened in a 19-year period that is being called the "Brazilian Holocaust". While some only associate the term holocaust with the Jewish genocide committed by Nazis in World War II Germany, as you will see, the term is perhaps the best available to describe a terrible stain in Brazilian History.

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