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

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   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.

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

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   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...

4. www.britannica.com › story › what-is-the-origin-of-the-termWhat Is the Origin of the Term Holocaust? | Britannica

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   The word Holocaust is derived from the Greek holokauston, a translation of the Hebrew word ʿolah, meaning a burnt sacrifice offered whole to God. This word was chosen, and gained wide usage, because, in the ultimate manifestation of the Nazi killing program—the extermination camps —the bodies of the victims were consumed whole in ...

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

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   The Holocaust 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 mass shootings and poison gas in extermination ...

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

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   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.

7. 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 war...

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).