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Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
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Efraín Ríos Montt
dictator of Guatemala
Dayton Accords
Slobodan Milošević
president of Yugoslavia
Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžić
Bosnian Serb physician, author, and politician
General Ratko Mladic wears a camouflage military uniform and peaked cap with insignia, looking toward the camera.
Ratko Mladić
Bosnian Serb military leader
Pol Pot, 1980
Pol Pot
Cambodian political leader
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Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
French politician
ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Majīd
ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Majīd
Iraqi official
Frank, Hans
Hans Frank
German politician and jurist
Ante Pavelić
Ante Pavelić
Croatian fascist leader and revolutionist
Samantha Power speaks at a podium with the Seal of the President of the United States during a White House ceremony.
Samantha Power
American journalist and government official