What does ‘Holocaust’ mean?

Holocaust

An instance of wholesale destruction or loss of life, genocidal persecution of the European Jews

by Hitler and the Nazi party duringWWII

Shoah or Ha Shoah

(literally denoting a "catastrophicupheaval") is the Hebrew term for the

Holocaust

Who were the Victims of The Holocaust?

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Who were the Victims of The Holocaust?• The Jews- used as scapegoats for everything that had gone wrong in Germany since WWI. They

were seen by the Nazis as subhuman & worth less than animals.

• Roma & Sinti Gypsies- like the Jews they were seen by the Nazis as racially inferior, degenerate & worthless.

• Slavs, Poles & Russians- viewed as inferior & subhuman.

• Mentally & physically disabled- thought of as useless & a financial burden on the state.

• Homosexuals- seen as degenerate & against the Aryan ideal.

• Political opponents- e.g. Communists, Socialists. These were people who disagreed with Nazi politics & policies.

• Jehovah’s Witnesses- their religious beliefs made them refuse to pledge their allegiance to the Third Reich.

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