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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  Waiting for Rep. Michele Bachmann to apologize for condoning Holocaust imagery at her latest public circus last weekend is NY Democrat Steve Israel, below. She won’t apologize. She’s addicted to fame and notoriety and she will condone whatever it takes to keep herself in the limelight, no matter how vile. ...
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• Lost images of prewar Jewish life unearthed

  
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• Kristallnacht – Part One

  
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• AshkeNazi Threatens Gaza With Another "Little Holocaust"

  
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  BY Khalid Amayreh * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz War Criminal - Gabi Ashkenazi - Israeli Chief of Staff There seems to be a perfect conformity between Gabi Ashkenazi and his last name. The Israeli chief of staff is considered one of the main Israeli war criminals responsible for the virtual genocide ...
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• AshkeNazi threatens Gaza with another “little holocaust”

  
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  WRITTEN BY KHALID AMAYREH There seems to be a perfect conformity between Gabi Ashkenazi and his last name. The Israeli chief of staff is considered one of the main Israeli  war criminals responsible for the virtual genocide against the Gaza Strip during the past winter. On his murderous hands, he carries tons of ...
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• Teabaggers to Holocaust survivor: "Stop whining"

  
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• Hamas: Teaching About The Holocaust is a War-Crime

  
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