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∙ 13y agoThe 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.
The word 'Holocaust' comes from Ancient Greek. The word means "Sacrifice by Fire. Many Jews died from the holocaust.
The Holocaust
Yes. The purging of the Jews from Europe was sacred to the Nazis. Nowadays, the word often represents great calamity or a catastrophic event.
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Because that is what the Germans did to the Jews during the 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.
The word antisemitism means prejudice against or hatred of Jews.
The Holocaust was the extermination of six million European Jews during WW2. The word "holocaust" can be found as an old translation of "burnt-offering," since that is its literal meaning: wholly burnt.
The word 'Holocaust' comes from Ancient Greek. The word means "Sacrifice by Fire. Many Jews died from the holocaust.
Typhus is a disease that killed many children during the Holocaust.
The Holocaust
Yes. The purging of the Jews from Europe was sacred to the Nazis. Nowadays, the word often represents great calamity or a catastrophic event.
The word used by Jews for the Holocaust is "The Shoah" which means "calamity" in Hebrew.
holocost .... Learn how to spell... it's the Holocaust
Holocaust was not a place. The holocaust was a word used for an event that happened during world war 2. A word used to encompass all of the war crimes committed against the various minority groups targeted by the Nazi regime. As for the methods of killing, if it can be imagined by man, it was used to cause death and suffering. Shooting, burning, suffocating and atrocities too horrendous to think about.
Holocaust refugees?