The Hebrew word 'Shoah' means 'catastrophe' and is used by Jews to refer to the Holocaust. The word Shoah is not found in every synagogue.
European Shoah Legacy Institute was created in 2010.
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Shoah means catastrophe, great calamity. It is used by some for the Holocaust, in particular those who feel that the word holocaust has misleading religious implications. (Holocaust is derived from a Greek word meaning whole offering, burnt sacrifice).
You might be thinking of the word "Shoah", which is the Hebrew word for it. "Holocaust" is an English word.
Wildfire, shoah, conflagration
genocide Shoah
another term for the Holocaust
The cast of Survivors of the Shoah - Albrecht Becker - 1998 includes: Albrecht Becker as Himself (interviewed)
Shoah und Pin-Ups - 2007 TV is rated/received certificates of: Germany:12
The Germans have borrowed the word from English to replace the expression Voelkermord an den Juden (genocide of the Jews).It is not some German word borrowed into English.