The issue that it was a modern industrialized event, more efficient than any attempted genocide before or since.
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I wouldn't call it a tragedy. It was not comparable to an earthquake, tsuanami, drought or famine. It was entirely deliberate.
Holocaust was aimed at a specific race of people. When I say race, I mean not Jewish not by religion, but by birth. Other acts of genocide were not aimed at a specific race.
It took place over a longer period of time over a vast area.
Because it is.
No, the Holocaust took place during World War 2. The Holocaust refers to the Nazi genocide of the Jews in 1941-1945: it is not a nickname for either of the World Wars.
The Holocaust was an event in which approximately 6 million Jews were killed, along with substantial numbers of other people whom the Nazis disliked (communists, homosexuals, gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.).
dictatorships and the rising of the new world order.
The word "holocaust" is a noun meaning a fire, or Holocaust meaning a genocide in World war II. The adverb form for the common noun would be the ungainly "holocaustally" or "holocaustically."
yes, the highest profile genocide in recent times was in Rwanda.
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This question confuses the Holocaust (genocide) with World War 2.
Disbelief was the overwhelming response.
The correct spelling is holocaust. When used to describe the genocide of Jews and other ethnic populations during World War II, it is capitalized Holocaust.
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No, the Holocaust took place during World War 2. The Holocaust refers to the Nazi genocide of the Jews in 1941-1945: it is not a nickname for either of the World Wars.
It sounds as if you are confusing the holocaust (genocide and mass murder of Jews, Gypsies, political opponents and other by the Nazis) with World War 2.
The genocide of nearly six million Jews is known as the Holocaust.
The Holocaust was an event in which approximately 6 million Jews were killed, along with substantial numbers of other people whom the Nazis disliked (communists, homosexuals, gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.).
I wonder if you are treating the holocaust and World War 2 as the same thing. The word holocaust usually refers to the Nazi genocide of the Jews and various other groups. There were very few 'battles' in the holocaust itself, but the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is the best known example.