What is the name given to the mass killing or European Jews by the Nazis during world war 2?

Answer 1

Name(s) for the mass murder of the Jews include:

• The murder of about six million European Jews by the Nazis in WW2 is nowadays generally referred to as the Holocaust (with the definite article and a capital letter). Though this word was first used in this sense in 1942 it only came into general use in the late 1970s.

• Before the late 1970s the terms generally used were the Final Solution or, simply, Auschwitz. (One objection to the use of the expression 'the Final Solution [of the Jewish question]' was that it was a direct translation of the term used by the Nazis themselves, which was 'die Endloesung der Judenfrage'. It was also a euphemism, that is, an expression intended to 'cover up' the reality of what was happening.

• There's a general word for any attempt to murder an entire race or ethnic (or cultural) group - genocide. As far as is known, this word was created in 1943 or 1944 originally to refer to the Nazi mass murder of the Jews and 'Gypsies'.

Answer 2

The Jewish mass-slaughter was called the Holocaust.

Answer 3

English name: the HolocaustGerman name: die Endlösung der Judenfrage

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is known as the Holocaust.

Answer 5

It is called the Holocaust.

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The Holocaust

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The Holocaust

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The Holocaust