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    holocaust
    /ˈhɒləkɔːst/

    noun

    • 1. destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war: "a nuclear holocaust"
    • 2. a Jewish sacrificial offering that was burned completely on an altar. historical

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  2. www.history.com › topics › world-war-iiHolocaust: Definition, Remembrance & Meaning | HISTORY

    Oct 14, 2009 · The Holocaust was the state-sponsored persecution and mass murder of millions of European Jews, Romani people, the intellectually disabled, political dissidents and homosexuals by the...

  3. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › introduction-to-the-holocaustIntroduction to the Holocaust: What was the Holocaust?

    Apr 9, 2024 · The Holocaust (1933–1945) was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators. 1 In addition to perpetrating the Holocaust, Nazi Germany also persecuted and murdered millions of other victims.

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  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › holocaustHolocaust Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : a sacrifice (see sacrifice entry 1 sense 2) consumed by fire. 2. : a thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life especially through fire. a nuclear holocaust. 3. a. usually the Holocaust : the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II.

  6. www.history.com › topics › holocaustHolocaust: Definition and Facts | HISTORY

    The Holocaust, during which some 6 million Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals and other people were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany during World War II, was one of the most horrific...

  7. www.britannica.com › topic › The-Holocaust-Facts-and-FiguresThe Holocaust: Facts and Figures | Nazi Germany & World War II

    One of history’s darkest chapters, the Holocaust was the systematic killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II (1939–45).

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

    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.

  9. www.iwm.org.uk › history › what-was-the-holocaustWhat Was The Holocaust? - Holocaust History | IWM

    The Holocaust was the systematic murder of Europe's Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Second World War. This programme of targeted mass murder was a central part of the Nazis’ broader plans to create a new world order based on their ideology.