The cruelest month indeed

From Bookselling This Week:

"Books of Conscience" Raise Awareness of Genocide
The Genocide Prevention Project and ABA have partnered to raise public awareness that April is Genocide Prevention Month, a commemoration of past genocide and mass atrocity crimes and a call for a global prevention policy. To mark the month, they have developed "Books of Conscience," a list of fiction and nonfiction, memoir, history, and reportage, which presents the historical realities and human tragedies of genocide.

A bit of an explanation might be helpful here: "six acts of genocide and mass atrocity crimes have anniversaries in April: Darfur, Rwanda, Bosnia, Cambodia, the Holocaust, and Armenia, and each will have a commemoration during the month."

Still, it does make one wonder: shouldn't every month be Genocide Prevention Month?

Here is their list of books to raise awareness: http://www.bookweb.org/files/open/pdf/GenocidePrevention.pdf