from my english teacher, this is some notes she gave us / Ms. Freedman's definition of The Holocaust:
"The Holocaust usually refers to a specific event in 20th centure history: the state-sponsored systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
Victims: Jews, Gypsies, the handicapped, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet POW's, and political dissidents
Why? Not simply the logical and inevitable consequence of unbridled rascism. Rather, rascism, combinded with centuries-old bigotry, renewed by a nationalistic fervor which emerged in Europe in the later half of the 19th centure, fueled by Germany's defeat in WWI and its national humiliation following the Treaty of Versailles, exacerbated by worldwide economic hard times, the ineffectiveness of the Weimar Republic, and international indifference, and catalyzed by the political charisma, militaristic inclusiveness, and manipulative propaganda of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime, contributed to the eventuality of the Holocaust."
"The Holocaust usually refers to a specific event in 20th centure history: the state-sponsored systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
Victims: Jews, Gypsies, the handicapped, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet POW's, and political dissidents
Why? Not simply the logical and inevitable consequence of unbridled rascism. Rather, rascism, combinded with centuries-old bigotry, renewed by a nationalistic fervor which emerged in Europe in the later half of the 19th centure, fueled by Germany's defeat in WWI and its national humiliation following the Treaty of Versailles, exacerbated by worldwide economic hard times, the ineffectiveness of the Weimar Republic, and international indifference, and catalyzed by the political charisma, militaristic inclusiveness, and manipulative propaganda of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime, contributed to the eventuality of the Holocaust."
The Holocaust is more than just "the genocide of European Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II"...
by albert yuen March 10, 2005
whoever wrote #9 is a neo nazi bastard. the holocaust killed millions of innocent ppl for no apparent reason, just because of the tremendous bitch hitler blamed jews, homos, gypsies, etc. for all of the problems that HE caused.
by gunslingergirlvy_c_e July 24, 2005
Bob ordered a sheet pizza and holocausted the sh*t out of it, there wasn't any left for his friend Steve.
by TomtheWonderDog December 14, 2009
The atrocity commited by the Nazis, on the Jews mostly. Other victims were Gypsys, Blacks, Homosexuals, and the Handicapped.
by Aaron Goldberg April 19, 2018
by Ezz3 May 9, 2021
a terrible event, where 6 million jews from al different ages were killed because they were different.
bobby: did you hear about the holocaust that happened during world war|| in 1939-1941?
felicia: yes of course! it was that terrible event where hitler killed millions of jews!
bobby: OMG that’s terrible!
felicia: yes, i know. i wish it never happend
felicia: yes of course! it was that terrible event where hitler killed millions of jews!
bobby: OMG that’s terrible!
felicia: yes, i know. i wish it never happend
by stupid imbicile May 8, 2022
something that did happen, but 11 million people were killed, everyone hears about the 7 million Jews who died, but no one even cares about the 5 million peasants, christians, Roman Catholics, and others who were killed
by grundle October 18, 2003