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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"
   • ▪ 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.history.com › topics › world-war-iiHolocaust: Definition, Remembrance & Meaning | HISTORY

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   Oct 14, 2009 · The Holocaust was the persecution and murder of millions of Jews, Romani people, political dissidents and homosexuals by the German Nazi regime from 1933‑1945.

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

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   a. usually the Holocaust : the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II. Several members of her family died in the Holocaust. a Holocaust survivor. b. : a mass slaughter of people. especially : genocide. a holocaust in Rwanda. Synonyms. conflagration. fire. inferno.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_HolocaustThe Holocaust - Wikipedia

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   The Holocaust (/ ˈhɑːləkɔːˈst / ⓘ, HAW-lə-kawst) was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out primarily through ...

5. www.history.com › topics › holocaustHolocaust: Definition and Facts - HISTORY

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   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...

6. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › introduction-to-the-holocaustIntroduction to the Holocaust - United States Holocaust Memorial...

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   Sep 20, 2024 · The Holocaust was a Nazi German initiative that took place throughout German- and Axis-controlled Europe. It affected nearly all of Europe’s Jewish population, which in 1933 numbered 9 million people. The Holocaust began in Germany after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in January 1933.

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

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   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.

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

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   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).