Holocaust
Definition
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide carried out by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1941 and 1945, during which approximately six million Jews were killed.
Analogy
Imagine if every person in Los Angeles was suddenly wiped off the map. That's roughly how many people were killed during the Holocaust - an entire city's worth of people, gone because of their ethnicity.
Related terms
Nazi Germany: The period when Germany was under dictatorship from 1933 to 1945 under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
Genocide: The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular ethnic or national group.
Anti-Semitism: Hostility to, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.
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Nazi killing of six million Jewish people in the Holocaust during World War Two was an attempt to
Approximately how many Jewish people died/were killed in the Holocaust?
Which of the following accurately describes the use of concentration camps during the Holocaust?
What cultural shift did the Holocaust spur after WWII?
Who was a prominent figure during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany?
What common aspect of the Holocaust and Rwandan Genocide reveals a significant societal vulnerability that can be exploited to perpetrate mass atrocities?
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