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   Hol·o·caust

   /ˈhäləˌkôst/

   

   noun

   • 1. destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war: "a nuclear holocaust"
   • ▪ the mass murder of Jewish people under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–5. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups such as Romani, gay people, and disabled people, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz.
   • 2. a Jewish sacrificial offering that was burned completely on an altar. historical

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French holocauste, via late Latin from Greek holokauston, from holos ‘whole’ + kaustos ‘burnt’ (from kaiein ‘burn’).

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2. www.britannica.com › facts › HolocaustHolocaust Facts | Britannica

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   Oct 5, 2021 · The Holocaust was the systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. Today the Holocaust is viewed as the emblematic manifestation of absolute evil.

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3. aboutholocaust.org › en › factsWhat was the Holocaust? :: About Holocaust

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   The Holocaust was the attempt by Nazi Germany and its collaborators to murder the Jews of Europe. During the six years of World War II, systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored and government-organized persecution and oppression resulted in the deaths of six million European Jews from across the continent.

4. www.theholocaustexplained.org › an-overview-of-theAn Overview of the Holocaust – The Holocaust Explained ...

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   The Holocaust is the term used to refer to the murder of around six million Jews by the Nazi regime and their collaborators during the Second World War. Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazis sought to eliminate the entire Jewish community of Europe.

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5. www.theholocaustexplained.org › how-and-why › whyWhy did the Holocaust happen? – The Holocaust Explained ...

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   Antisemitism was one of the most fundamental causes of the Holocaust. The rise of antisemitism over the course of the early twentieth century was extremely dangerous. It allowed an overtly antisemitic party such as the Nazis to come to power in 1933.

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6. aboutholocaust.org › enAbout Holocaust

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   The Holocaust was the attempt by Nazi Germany and its collaborators to murder the Jews of Europe. What was the Nazi Party? Who perpetrated the Holocaust? Who was Adolf Hitler? What were Ghettos? Did all Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe live in ghettos? What was the SS? Who was Heinrich Himmler? How did the Germans know who was Jewish?

7. www.ushmm.org › teach › holocaust-lesson-plansDefinition of the Holocaust - United States Holocaust ...

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   Definition of the Holocaust. Definitions are important. One of the Museum’s guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust is to define the term “Holocaust.” This short activity helps students understand the definition of the term.