Comment by ben_w

> Was there a sudden rash of holocausts the year that publishing started again?

Bit worse than the baseline, I'd say. You judge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides

2016 was also first Trump, Brexit, and roughly when the AfD (who are metaphorically wading ankle deep in the waters of legal trouble of this topic) made the transition from "joke party" to "political threat".