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80 Years On, Dominicans And Haitians Revisit Painful Memories Of Parsley Massacre

On Oct. 2, 1937, the Dominican military under Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo began to go town to town and indiscriminately massacre Haitians families, as well as Dominicans of Haitian descent. Germéne Julien, 83, is a massacre survivor. Tatiana Fernandez hide caption

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Parallels

80 Years On, Dominicans And Haitians Revisit Painful Memories Of Parsley Massacre

October 7, 2017 • This week marks the anniversary of the 1937 massacre, in which Dominican soldiers targeted Haitians living near the Dominican-Haitian border. A team from NPR's Latino USA gathered survivors' memories.

Remembering To Never Forget: Dominican Republic's 'Parsley Massacre'

1937: Haitians who were hoping to escape the killing in the Dominican Republic. CulturalDiplomacy.org hide caption

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Remembering To Never Forget: Dominican Republic's 'Parsley Massacre'

October 1, 2012 • In October 1937, dictator Rafael Trujillo's soldiers identified Haitians by asking them to say perejil (Spanish for parsley). If someone did not trill the "r," he was likely to be killed. As many as 20,000 Haitians died.