The Holocaust
The choice of the word holocaust was not specifically Jewish. In fact many Jews prefer the Hebrew word Shoah(catastrophe) because holocaust can have religious implications.
A common word from the holocaust that starts with 'D' is "Death'' or "Die". Jews died in the holocaust because of the Nazis. The holocaust was World War 2.
The word used by Jews for the Holocaust is "The Shoah" which means "calamity" in Hebrew.
I'm also wondering difference of those two cuz I met one holocaust survivor today and she said holocaust and the shoah is kinda different-------------------------------------Shoah is the word that the Jews use for the attempted extermination of the Jews by the Nazis. This word is used in preference to the word Holocaust for three main reasons:The Holocaust is used by many to describe all of the victims of Nazi extermination policies.The definition of Holocaust implies sacrifice and many Jews consider this inappropriate as there was no sacrifice involved.The word (or term) Holocaust is currently being hijacked by many other people resulting in it's meaning being eliminated, for example 'Animal Holocaust or African Holocaust or 'Today's Holocaust'. Or 'motorway Holocaust' just to describe a car crash, which obviously is almost the same as the Holocaust.
It is Greek in origin, from the Greek word holokauston.
It became the word to describe the Holocaust (before the word Holocaust).
How did the Holocaust evolve.
The Holocaust
The choice of the word holocaust was not specifically Jewish. In fact many Jews prefer the Hebrew word Shoah(catastrophe) because holocaust can have religious implications.
A holocaust can also be called genocide.
Because that is what the Germans did to the Jews during the holocaust.
Genocide was the word used to describe what happened in the Holocaust.
A common word from the holocaust that starts with 'D' is "Death'' or "Die". Jews died in the holocaust because of the Nazis. The holocaust was World War 2.
Eichmann is a Holocaust word. SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Eichmann was the head of the Gestapo.
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You might be thinking of the word "Shoah", which is the Hebrew word for it. "Holocaust" is an English word.