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The Holocaust

The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered around six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, approximately two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were committed primarily through mass shootings across…

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Location
Europe, primarily German-occupied Poland and the Soviet Union
Attack type
Genocide, ethnic cleansing, mass murder, mass shooting, death marches, poison gas, hate crime, slavery
Date
1941–1945
Deaths
Around 6 million Jews[a]
Perpetrators
Schutzstaffel Einsatzgruppen · Einsatzgruppen · Wehrmacht

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Background

Rise of Nazi Germany

Start of World War II

Mass murder

Perpetrators and beneficiaries

Escape and hiding

International reactions

Second half of the war

Death toll

Aftermath and legacy

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The Holocaust

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The Holocaust

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related to Death marches and liberation · 42
The Holocaust → Allied, Allies, Although, At, Auschwitz, Austrian, Baltics, Budapest, Concentration, Germany, Germany's, Heinrich Himmler, Himmler, Holocaust, However, In, In January, In July, In October, It
related to Death toll · 33
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related to Remembrance and historiography · 29
The Holocaust → Although, Communism, Communist, Dirk Moses, During South African, Europe, European, European Union, Genocide, Holocaust, In, In Israel, In West Germany, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli, It, January, Jews, Middle Eastern, Nazism
related to Liquidation of the ghettos in Poland · 23
The Holocaust → Belzec, By, Chaotic, During, General Governorate, Holocaust, In, In March, Jewish, Jewish Poles, Jews, Larger, Lublin, Many Jews, Nazi, Order Police, Plans, Polish Jews, Security Police, SS
related to Perpetrators and beneficiaries · 22
The Holocaust → According, An, Christian Gerlach, Dutch, French, Genocide, German, German SS, Germans, Holocaust, In, Jewish, Jews, Nazism, Non-German, Polish, Romanian, Some, SS, Studies
related to Forced labor · 16
The Holocaust → After, Although, Beginning, Despite, Germany, Himmler, Holocaust, In, Initially, Jewish, Jews, Kovno, Some, SS, These, They
Perpetrators · 3
The Holocaust → Einsatzgruppen, Schutzstaffel Einsatzgruppen, Wehrmacht
Attack type · 1
The Holocaust → Genocide, ethnic cleansing, mass murder, mass shooting, death marches, poison gas, hate crime, slavery
Date · 1
The Holocaust → 1941–1945
Deaths · 1
The Holocaust → Around 6 million Jews[a]

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jews many holocaust 000 jewish war german soviet europe camps germany ghettos nazi forced killed million 1942 1941 poland deported

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The HolocaustAttack typeGenocide, ethnic cleansing, mass murder, mass shooting, death marches, poison gas, hate crime, slavery1.00infobox
The HolocaustDate1941–19451.00infobox
The HolocaustDeathsAround 6 million Jews[a]1.00infobox
The HolocaustLocationEurope, primarily German-occupied Poland and the Soviet Union1.00infobox
The HolocaustPerpetratorsSchutzstaffel Einsatzgruppen1.00infobox
The HolocaustPerpetratorsEinsatzgruppen1.00infobox
The HolocaustPerpetratorsWehrmacht1.00infobox
The Holocaustis amost well-known genocide in history0.90text
anticommunisminstance ofby campaigning on issues0.80text
economic recoveryinstance ofby campaigning on issues0.80text
rearmamentinstance ofwhich partly occurred through state-led measures0.80text
Vilnainstance ofA few large ghettos0.80text

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