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From the Related Link below: ; holocaust : c.1250, "sacrifice by fire, burnt offering," from Gk. holokauston,neut. of holokaustos "burned whole," from holos"whole" (see safe (adj.)) + kaustos, verbal adj. of kaiein "to burn." Originally a Bible word for "burnt offerings," given wider sense of "massacre, destruction of a large number of persons" from 1833. The Holocaust "Nazi genocide of European Jews in World War II," first recorded 1957, earlier known in Heb. as Shoah "catastrophe." The word itself was used in Eng. in ref. to Hitler's Jewish policies from 1942, but not as a proper name for them. "Auschwitz makes all too clear the principle that the human psyche can create meaning out of anything." [Robert Jay Lifton, "The Nazi Doctors"]
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From what language is the word Holocaust?
The word 'Holocaust' comes from Ancient Greek. The word means "Sacrifice by Fire. Many Jews died from the holocaust.
What name is given to the Nazi massacre of over 6 million Jews?
The Holocaust
Why did the Jews choose the word Holocaust?
The choice of the word holocaust was not specifically Jewish. In fact many Jews prefer the Hebrew word Shoah(catastrophe) because holocaust can have religious implications.
What is a Holocaust word that starts with D?
A common word from the holocaust that starts with 'D' is "Death'' or "Die". Jews died in the holocaust because of the Nazis. The holocaust was World War 2.
How would a Jew describe the holocaust?
The word used by Jews for the Holocaust is "The Shoah" which means "calamity" in Hebrew.
