The Silent Holocaust

Quiet Canines Podcast · Oct 19, 2026 · 3m

You probably have not heard of the Holocaust that did not take place in Germany and did not involve Jewish people.

That is why it is called the silent Holocaust.

In the 1970s, the Guatemalan military began a genocidal campaign of mass killings and disappearances of the indigenous Ixil Maya population.

In 1982, they employed a scorched earth campaign. Soldiers hunted down leftist guerrillas and systematically killed the Ixil Maya. Most of them were not part of guerrilla movements. They were teachers, farmers, students, and civilians.

Women, children, and the elderly were targeted.

The military…