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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• Brenda Romero’s Train board game will make you ponder the Holocaust

  
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  This story has game spoilers. Brenda Romero made a board game in her kitchen that she calls Train , but she never intended to show it to anyone. It was, after all, a game about the Holocaust. There is no easy way to explain why such a game should exist, and it’s certainly unlikely anyone would ever agree to ...
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• The Auschwitz Plaques and the 6 Million Myth

  
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  See that photo above? It’s a photo of a plaque that used to be at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland. The plans to open a museum and memorial at Auschwitz began almost immediately after the end of World War II. An act creating the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was passed by the Poles in 1947 and later ...
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• Finding Tante Fanni, by Jeanette R. Rosenberg

  
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  No matter how experienced we are as genealogists, we probably all have brick walls in our personal genealogical research.  Here is a short article about one of my genealogy brick walls.  So far I have not managed to make any significant progress with this area of my personal family history research. Tante Fanni was ...
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• 3 Found Guilty In Defrauding Holocaust Fund of $57 Million; Could Face A Maximum Sentence Of 20 Years

  
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  The HolocaustAn article, from JTA and published in Haaretz says that three individuals, one man and two women, were found guilty of defrauding a fund set up for Holocaust survivors. The three convicted are Semen Domnitser, Oksana Romalis and Luba Kramrish. Their names should be remembered with ignominy and shame.The ...
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• Did the Jews fight back? 5-11/12-13

  
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  O ne of the persistent myths about the Holocaust is that Jews did not resist, giving in like sheep to the slaughter that was led by Hitlers murderous vision of the end of European Jewry. Its hard to know where to begin to analyze history to see how much truth there might be in the myth and how much of it is ...
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• Google: An explanation of our "Jew" search results

  
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• Under pressure, Church of Scotland suppresses its critique of Zionism

  
  On the Contrary — Authority: 126
  By Michael Hoffman The Church of Scotland, under pressure from the ‘British Board of Jewish Deputies’ has suppressed its own ten-page report, “The Inheritance ofAbraham,” exposing the ungodly and unscriptural claims of Zionism to the land of Palestine. This astute and edifying report was issued only ...
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• An Act of Dog: A memorial to the millions of shelter dogs put down in America

  
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  It’s easy to ignore statistics. They’re cold and dry and lack soulful eyes. And when the numbers are overwhelming — like the 5,500 unwanted dogs who are put to death daily in U.S. shelters — we tend, as a rule, to find life is more comfortable and less depressing when we don’t do the math. Louisville ...
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• Review: Legacy of Rescue by Marta Fuchs

  
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  I turned to Dad and asked him if he had any feelings hearing German. “No, why should I?  You can’t blame an entire people for what happened.  I want to be for peace.” (from Legacy of Rescue , page 95) Legacy of Rescue is Marta Fuchs’ tribute to her late father, Morton (Miksa) Fuchs, and the man ...
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• Porcelain Unicorn (2010)

  
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  Director Keegan Wilcox has filled this short film with meaning, beauty, compassion and hope in the goodness of humanity. I urge you to invest three minutes of your time. It’s worth it!Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)The post Porcelain Unicorn (2010) appeared first on TheSkyKid.Com. read more at TheSkyKid.Com
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• Uproar in Germany Over Nazi Scenes in Wagner’s ‘Tannhäuser’

  
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  The reaction to the new production of “Tannhäuser” in Düsseldorf on opening night led management to announce it would now be performed as a concert, with little in the way of staging or costumes.        
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• A Generation Far Removed Gets a Glimpse of the Holocaust

  
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  A lesson in oral history was arranged after Bronx fifth-graders wrote heartfelt letters to Holocaust survivors at a residence for the elderly.
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• “From Holocaust to Independence” Journey to Poland and Israel

  
  Jewocity.com Jewish Entertainment Blog — Authority: 142
  On April 8th, 100 prominent FIDF supporters joined 50 Israeli army officers for an impassioned ten-day trip that would take them through the Jewish people’s suffering in Poland during the Holocaust, to our prevailing strength and success in Israel. In Poland, the group visited several sites whose stories tell only ...
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• The Holocaust in the streets, one brass plate at a time

  
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  Above you see several so-called  Stolpersteine — “stumbling stones” — in a sidewalk near my place in Berlin. The flowers and candles are from a neighbor, who regularly looks after the many, many stones in our street. Each one commemorates one victim of National Socialism who lived at the address where the ...
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• Alice Herz-Sommer Wisdom After the #Holocaust

  
  mommy's memorandum — Authority: 148
  Sometimes through the darkness the wisest and most beautiful wisdom emerges. Meet Alice Herz-Sommer. She’s 109 years old, was in a concentration camp in Terezin, and is STILL LIVING, in London.
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• Libeskind Watch: Architect Daniel Libeskinds newly approved Holocaust...

  
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  Architect Daniel Libeskinds newly approved Holocaust memorial in Columbus, Ohio will be comprised of "two brushed stainless steel panels with cutouts that together form the outline of a six-pointed Star of David," according to Dezeen. The memorial will extend five meters (16.4 feet) high and may ruffle some ...
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• Israeli Holocaust memorial seeks to preserve memory of the 6 million victims, a name at a time

  
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  REHOVOT, Israel — With a hand on her chest, 82-year-old Rivka Fringeru battled back tears as she reeled off a list of names she has rarely voiced in the past 70 years: her father, Moshe, then her mother, Hava, and finally her two older brothers, Michael and Yisrael. All perished in the Holocaust after the Harabju ...
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• The Only Occupied European Country to Save Its Jews From the Nazis Recognizes Palestine – Google It!

  
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  Christian X of Denmark I.  On April 9, 1940, the German military invaded Denmark and Norway.  Denmark, a small country with an even smaller military, ended open resistance within a few hours.  Norway openly resisted until late May.  The Norwegian government relocated to London.  The Danes stayed. Denmark was ...
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• The Gamers Pub – Episode 126: Welcome Back Scott!

  
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• Over 100 Holocaust scholars urge Obama: Cancel invite to Sudan delegation

  
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  Washington, D.C. - One hundred and seven leading Holocaust and genocide scholars from around the world have sent a letter of protest to President Obama, urging him to cancel a planned visit to the United States by Sudanese leaders involved in the Darfur genocide. The delegation will represent Sudanese president Omar ...
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