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Genocide is the mass murder of people of a particular race or origin. The Holocaust was the mass murder of the jews, a group of people sharing in many cases a race or common origin.

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What are the two acts of genocide?

The Holocaust during WW2 and the Rwandan genocide in 1994.


The murder of entire populations genocide that occured during Hitler's rule of Germany is called?

The genocide that occurred during Hitler's rule of Germany is called the Holocaust; six million Jews were persecuted and murdered by Hitler and his Nazi regime.


What is the difference between a Holocaust and a genocide?

There isn't really any difference, the Holocaust just refers to the genocide of the Jews during WW2, so the Holocaust was a genocide, it just refers to a specific one.


The murder of entire populations genocide that occurred during Hitler's rule of Germany is called?

The murder of entire populations (genocide) that occurred during Hitler's rule of Germany is called the Holocaust; six million Jews were persecuted and murdered by Hitler and his Nazi regime as were five million Non-Jews.


Who lost the Holocaust?

the holocaust was not a "war" it was the result of a genocide of millions of people during wwll


Did other genocides occur later in history after holocaust?

Yes. Pol Pot's Massacres in Cambodia, the Conflict in Darfur, the Rwandan Genocide, and many others occurred after the Holocaust ended in 1945. However, the Armenian Genocide and several other genocides occurred before the Holocaust.


What is the differenceHolocaust and genocide?

There is no difference between the two, the Holocaust just refers to the genocide of the Jews during WW2.


What was the Armenian Genocide?

The Armenian Genocide occurred in earnest during the years 1915-1917.


Is every genocide a holocaust?

No, the Holocaust is the name of one specific attempted genocide.


Why did the holocaust experience genocide?

Genocide was the word used to describe what happened in the Holocaust.


What is the word for annihilation of a whole people or nation during th Holocaust?

genocide


Were there Jews in Germany at the time of the Holocaust?

yes they were! they were being slaughtered by the Nazis who followed Hitler during the great genocide that is the holocaust