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''']''' was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately 6 million European Jews.


The word ''holocaust'' derives from the ancient Greek ''holokaustos'', a burnt offering; see ].
The term '''''holocaust''''' means a loss of many lives, especially by fire. Unmodified, it almost always refers to the ] of Jews and other minorities during ] (the terms '''Jewish Holocaust''' and '''Gypsy Holocaust''' can also be used more specifically, though both "holocausts" occurred at the same time and place). In the past half-century, however, the term "holocaust" has undergone a subtle shift in meaning to include what has traditionally (and more correctly) been called "genocide". It has also begun to be used to describe events which have affected a large group of people, but where suffering rather than death was the main outcome. The term ''Silicone Holocaust'' is one such. Because the term "Holocaust" is so closely tied in contemporary times to the Jewish experience at the hands of the Nazis, though, use of it in other contexts may be seen as controversial or even offensive. Moreover, certain events described here are held as fact by one side and rejected out of hand as myth by the other. This article does not attempt to hold any one viewpoint as more valid than the other.


'''Holocaust''' may also refer to:
Many racial or cultural groups have used the term to describe events which have occurred in their own history. Please note that while many of these events (the ''Black Holocaust'' and the ''Ukrainian Holocaust'', for instance) are well-documented and have extensive ]s, this is not so for some. This following list is chronological, though some events are not marked by clear beginnings or endings. Please note that it is far from complete; there are some who would have events listed here that are not, others would have events listed here removed.
* ], the intentional destruction of a people
* ], a Scottish heavy metal band
* Holocaust, a fictional DC Comics character and member of the ]
* ], a fictional character
* ], a 1978 American television miniseries
* "Holocaust", a song by Big Star from the 1978 album '']''
* "Holocaust", a song by Bathory from the 1988 album '']''
* ], a 2006 album by Blue Sky Black Death and Warcloud
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*The term ''Sudra Holocaust'' has been used to describe the (1500BCE - 1250CE) ] invasions of the ] civilizations, which exterminated virtually the entire populations of ]s, ]s, and ] (including the Sudras). The casualty estimate is around 20 million.
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* The term ''Hindu Holocaust (~600 - present) is sometimes used to describe the periods during which armies of occupation have captured ], beginning with the conquering of ] by Muhammad-bin-Qasim in 711 AD and continuing to this day with ongoing hostilities between India and ] primarily over ]. The cost in over 1400 years of intermittent conflict has been in the many millions of lives.

*The term ''Black Holocaust'' is sometimes used to describe the deaths of numerous ]ns on ] ships bound for the ]. Also known as the ] (mid 17th century - mid 20th century), it is estimated that the death toll was in excess of ten million.

*The term ''Aboriginal Holocaust'' has been used to describe the treatment of ] in ] by the ]an ]s and their descendents. Between the time of the arrival of the first white convicts (1788) and the late 1960's at least several hundred thousand aboriginals were murdered outright, sometimes for sport (enough to virtually exterminate them as a race), were removed from their ancestral homes, and were separated from their families.

*The term ''Native American Holocaust'' is sometimes used to describe the treatment of ]s, particularly in the form of ]. Between the arrival of the first Europeans in the late 1400s and the most recent violent standoffs of the 20th century, some 112 million Native Americans are said to have perished.

*The term ''Irish Holocaust'' is sometimes used to describe the deaths of at least a million Irish during the ] (1845 - 1850) when, over four successive growing seasons, the potato crop failed, and Irish farmers had neither food to eat or money to purchase any. The drought drove the great Irish exodus to North America that same decade.

*The term ''Armenian Holocaust'' is sometimes used to describe the ] in the early 20th century, in which some one and a half million Armenians were killed by forces of the Young Turk Party. There is evidence that the motivation was primarily religious; ], a ], decreed that all ]s, who were primarily Armenian, in the ] should be put to death. Hence this event is also sometimes known as the "Christian Holocaust," and local populations of ], ]n, and ]n Christians were also killed.

*The term ''Ukrainian Holocaust'' is sometimes used to describe the deaths of over seven million ]s by starvation during the period of Soviet collectivization (1932 - 1933). ], in his desire to see collectivization succeed, ordered the middle-class landowners liquidated. These "kulaks" soon came to include anyone who opposed the Soviet policies in Ukraine.

*The term ''Gay Holocaust'' has been used to describe the identification and imprisonment of homosexuals by the Nazis, beginning in the late ]. More than 100 000 were arrested and as many as 15 000 sent to concentration camps, where 10 000 died as a result of slave labor, castration, or surgical experimentation.

*The cities of ] (February 1945) and ] (March 1945) were holocausts in their own right. Between 35 000 and 100 000 people in Dresden and over 100 000 people in Tokyo burned to death after Allied aircraft poured incendiary bombs into the hearts of the two cities.

*The term ''Chinese Holocaust'' is sometimes used to describe the deaths of Chinese people during the Japanese occupation of China in World War 2, especially the ]. It has likewise been used to refer to the upheaval generated by ]'s ] (1966 - 1977), in which countless numbers of intelligentsia lost their lives. (Immediately prior to this, 30 to 40 million Chinese starved to death in a two-year famine between 1960 and 1962.)

*The term ''Palestinian Holocaust'' is sometimes used to describe the treatment of ] during the ongoing ] The Palestinian Red Cross reports 2780 deaths since the beginning of the Intifadah.

*The term ''Canadian Holocaust'' is much more rarely used to describe the comparable treatment of indiginous people in ].

The term is also used to denote non-historic events like a possible ''nuclear holocaust'' - the deaths in a global ] and the ensuing ]. Furthermore, activist groups sometimes compare their causes to holocausts -- an ], for example, may speak of a "holocaust of old-growth forests" and an anti-] activist may speak of a "holocaust of infants".

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Latest revision as of 17:32, 26 August 2024

The Holocaust was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately 6 million European Jews.

The word holocaust derives from the ancient Greek holokaustos, a burnt offering; see Holocaust (sacrifice).

Holocaust may also refer to:

See also

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