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Parsley Massacre: Media

mass killing, Dominican Republic [1937]

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Border crossing at the Massacre River on market day
People cross the Massacre River into Dajabón, Dominican Republic, to attend the town's...
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Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic (1930–61)
In 1937 Rafael Trujillo ordered the massacre of thousands of Haitians, later embedding...
Pictorial Parade
Commemoration ceremony for victims of the Parsley Massacre
A young girl holds a candle during a 2022 ceremony in Dajabón, Dominican Republic,...
© Erika Santelices—AFP/Getty images