holocaust

A holocaust is an enormous devastation or mass slaughter. Most commonly, as "the Holocaust," the term is used to refer to the extermination of six million Jews during World War Two by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party in Germany.

The terminology of the Holocaust has been a matter of debate over the decades. Though it was clearly an act of mass murder, it is even more appropriately classified as an act of genocide, as the intention was the total eradication of Jews. Surprisingly, there are many Holocaust deniers - fringe conspiracy theorists who believe the history of the Holocaust was fabricated or exaggerated.

Some have argued that anti-Jewish sentiments throughout Germany led to a willingness or complacency among Germans regarding the millions of deaths in concentration camps that were occurring in Europe during the period. Objectors to this argument suggest that it stigmatizes all Germans as Nazi sympathizers, which, they argue, is false.

 

Application of the term "holocaust" to events other than the Nazi Holocaust remains extremely controversial and a sensitive subject, especially among Holocaust survivors.

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• Romney’s UBS Account–Doing Business with Holocaust Profiteer

  
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  UBS tried to deep six documents of holocaust victims’ bank accounts, so why did Romney park his money there? Am I the only person in the world that this has occurred to? Mitt Romney had a $3 million dollar account in UBS (United or Union Bank of Switzerland).  Why would he leave his money in a bank that got ...
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• Steven Spielbergs Holocaust archive arrives in UK

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
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• Juggalowned – Tila Tequila Fan Owns Juggalos

  
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• Holocaust Memorial Day, 2012

  
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• First They Came – Pastor Martin Niemoller

  
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• World marks Holocaust Memorial Day

  
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• World marks Holocaust Memorial Day

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
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• Survivor Recalls WWII Ghetto in German Parliament

  
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• Speak Up, Speak Out

  
  Seeker — Authority: 102
  27 January Is Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK - a day I have not been able to ignore since visiting the Holocaust Museum at Auschwitz in 2006.   Today is an opportunity to  to go on learning the lessons from history, not just from the Holocaust and Nazi persecution in World War 2, but also from subsequent ...
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• Turkey airs Holocaust film for the first time

  
  4unews — Authority: 147
  ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey has marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day by airing for the first time on national television a documentary about the Holocaust. TRT television’s documentary channel showed filmmaker Claude Lanzmann’s “Shoah” late on Thursday, on the eve of the remembrance day. The ...
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• Turkish State TV Airs Holocaust Film

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://abcnews.go.com Turkish State TV Airs Holocaust Film Turkish state TV airs Holocaust documentary for the 1st time published date:Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:06:48 -0500
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• Turkish state TV airs Holocaust film (AP)

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 147
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• International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012: Jew-Hunting Fun for the Whole Family

  
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• The useful idiots of the past and who are the useful idiots of today; Tony Benn?

  
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• Anselm Kiefer: Il Mistero delle Cattedrali

  
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• War blossoms into art: Ori Gersht at the Imperial War Museum – in pictures

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
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