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what is HOLOCAUST?
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The definition of holocaust is:
(1) Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by fire or nuclear war
- a nuclear holocaust
- the threat of imminent holocaust
(2) The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups, such as gypsies and homosexuals, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz
(3) A Jewish sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar.
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Most time when someone uses the word "holocaust" they are referring to "The Holocaust" as described in the (2) definition listed above.
(1) Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by fire or nuclear war
- a nuclear holocaust
- the threat of imminent holocaust
(2) The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups, such as gypsies and homosexuals, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz
(3) A Jewish sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar.
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Most time when someone uses the word "holocaust" they are referring to "The Holocaust" as described in the (2) definition listed above.
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