The thread title was meant to question the value or importance placed on some genocides over others.... ie. Why is the Holocaust given far more attention than the Armenian Genocide. I think that question has been answered quite well.

Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
I think the key concept to determining 'genocide' is the idea of eradication. You are seeking to extinguish not an uprising, not a revolt, not even an idea but a population. As such, genocide has more to do with motivation than it does with numbers or methods employed. Certainly, what the Soviets did and what the Chinese did and what the Khmer Rouge did, and what the Japanese did, and for that matter what the Americans have done at times are all atrocious acts.

Going by that, the Russian genocide(s) are far worse than the German one, as they completely eliminated many ethnic groups within the USSR and Eastern Europe.