[1] It also refers to destruction of the traces (such as religious buildings or schools) that might recall the former presence of those considered undesirable.
[3] Since memoricide refers to intentional attempts to erase human memory about something, it usually takes the form of destruction of physical property.
[4] The term was coined by Croatian doctor Mirko Grmek in a text published in Le Figaro on 19 December 1991.
[6] The dissident[7] historian Ilan Pappe deployed the concept of cultural memoricide as systematic attempt of post-1948 Israel in relation to Palestine.
[8] Grmek used the term to describe activities of the rebel Serb forces in Croatia during the first year of the Croatian independence war.