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The Holocaust was a genocide perpetrated by the Nazis that killed around 11 million people, the majority of whom were Jews.

(The) Holocaust may also refer to:

Genocides

• African Holocaust (Maafa), a term sometimes used by activists to refer to the history of atrocities committed against black people
• Armenian Holocaust, the Ottoman government's systematic extermination of its minority Armenian subjects during and after World War I. The massacres coincided with two other genocides of Greeks and Assyrians, along with a famine on Mount Lebanon
• Asian Holocaust, the mass murder of 3 to 14 million civilians and prisoners of war across East Asia and the Pacific by Imperial Japan's military.
• Guatemalan genocide, also known as the "Silent Holocaust", genocide of Mayan peoples during the Guatemalan Civil War
• Herero and Namaqua genocide, was a campaign of racial extermination and collective punishment that the German Empire undertook in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia) against the Herero, Nama and San people.
• Indian Holocaust, referred to by some writers when discussing the centuries of massacres of Native Americans perpetrated by immigrants: (Notable events: Indian Removal, Trail of Tears, California Genocide, Sand Creek massacre, Wounded Knee massacre, Round Valley Settler Massacres of 1856–1859)
• Isaaq genocide, also known as the "Hargreisa Holocaust", the systematic, state-sponsored massacre of Isaaq civilians between 1988 and 1991 by the Somali Democratic Republic under the dictatorship of Siad Barre
• Nuclear holocaust, the hypothetical annihilation of human civilization in the event of a global nuclear war
• Paraguayan Holocaust Horacio Cartes called the Paraguayan War a holocaust due to the fact Paraguay lost over 60% of its population.
• Sikh Holocaust (disambiguation), either of two 18th century mass killings by Afghanis of Sikhs in the Punjab region, that resulted in 30,000 to 40,000 deaths

Cultural uses

• Holocaust (sacrifice), an ancient sacrifice or offering from which the name was derived
• Holocaust trivialization, the practise of abusing the term "Holocaust" and thereby diminishing its significance

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Holocaust (DC Comics), a fictional character in Milestone and DC Comics
• Holocaust (Marvel Comics), a fictional character in Marvel Comics

Music

• Holocaust (band), Scottish heavy metal band
• "Holocaust", a song from the 1978 album Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star
• "Holocaust", a song by Turkish rapper Ceza
• The Holocaust (album) by Blue Sky Black Death and Warcloud

Television

• Holocaust (miniseries), a 1978 American television miniseries

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Holocaust
• All pages with titles beginning with The Holocaust
• All pages with titles containing holocaust
• Holocausto (disambiguation)
• Names of the Holocaust
• Shoah (disambiguation)

• Disambiguation pages