The Holocaust functions as the prototype evaluating all other genocides

Evidence

As LaCapra (1994:45-7) observes, the Holocaust or Shoah has become the quintessential embodiment of the oldest opposition in historical thinking: the unique versus the universal. Recently, several writers have suggested that the Holocaust is both unique and universal, standing as a “generic term” (Bauer, 1990:154) for a type of genocide that could be repeated (Rosenberg, 1987). In spite of their differences, these positions place the Holocaust at the center of discourses of genocide; insofar as it becomes the prototype of genocide, all other events are evaluated in relation to it (see Goekjian, 1991), seemingly occupying a more marginal relationship to the category. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 272

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains how ‘genocide’ as a working category is anchored to the Holocaust-as-prototype rather than to the UN definition.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 272
• XREF: connects to: The Holocaust’s uniqueness does not make it incomparable to other genocides — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 516