Many have been killed. I have difficulty even imagining the hatred which motivates such killing, such genocide. And yet, the human record is full of such, including our own treatment of Native Americans. And, secondly, the story of Jesus' death and resurrection. Both of these springtime stories address questions of life and death, of escaping death, of the possibilities of new life coming out of death.
Many tales have more than one meaning.
Openness to peripheral visions depends on rejecting such reductionism. . . And the story of Passover, and the even older story of people worshipping the sun, expressing their gratitude for the return of spring. We use multiple narratives to broaden meaning and enrich our understanding. One of the ways in which stories move us, shape us, affect us, is that they give us characters with whom to identify. Whom we identify with in a story tells us a lot about ourselves.