Hitler thought that if the people had a scapegoat, and a certain people group to hate, they would be better united, and thus be better followers in a Dictatorship.
Untied States was one of the many countries whom at at first did not help during the holocaust
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.
holocost .... Learn how to spell... it's the Holocaust
Camps in the Syrian desert were used by the Ottoman Empire during the Turkish genocide of the Armenians in 1915-1917.
The Holocaust was genocide.-------------------The Holocaust can technically be considered an attempted genocide.During the Holocaust the attempted extermination of various Gyspy tribes was an attempted genocide as some suffered 95% losses.But it is not considered a genocide because no Jewish group was in danger of being completely exterminated, all Jewish groups had representatives in countries not under the Nazi influence and none came nearly as close to extinction as the gypsies.Currently you will generally see them listed together: "Holocaust and Genocide", so as to eliminate the ambiguety of whether the Holocaust is considered a genocide.__________The meaning of a word is its current use, not its etymology. That applies in particular to artificially created terms, which are invented because there is a need for them. The Holocaust of the Jews is considered the classic example of genocide. It was invented in 1943 by the Polish Jewish lawyer Rafael Lemkin for the crime being committed against the Jews at the time."[T]he deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group". (Wikipedia article on Genocide). The suggestion that genocide only occurs if every single member of the taregeted group is killed is pedantic posturing.___________________________________________The Holocaust IS genocide!The word 'Genocide" was created by Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-born jurist who served as an adviser to the U.S. Department of War during World War II, to describe the premeditated effort the Nazis put forth to try and kill all the Jewish. (Webster's Dictionary)So, the whole reason the word was created was to be used to describe the Holocaust.
The Holocaust during WW2 and the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
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 holocaust was not a "war" it was the result of a genocide of millions of people during wwll
There is no difference between the two, the Holocaust just refers to the genocide of the Jews during WW2.
genocide
yes they were! they were being slaughtered by the Nazis who followed Hitler during the great genocide that is the holocaust
Untied States was one of the many countries whom at at first did not help during the holocaust
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.
The Jews were the main target in Germany. The German genocide is also called the Holocaust.
yes, others were also less simply killed.
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.
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.