Holocaust
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See also: holocaust
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See holocaust.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Holocaust
- (historical, narrowly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of 6 million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.
- (historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of 11 million people, namely 6 million Jews and 5 million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, transgender people, non-whites and disabled people), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
Usage notes[edit]
- Whether the term "Holocaust" is a designation for the mass murder of 11 million people or only for the genocide of 6 million Jews is hotly contested.[1]
- The genocide of the European Jews may be unambiguously referred to as the Shoah. The genocide of the Romani people has the specific designation Porajmos.
- For more information on the origin and early uses of the term holocaust, see the usage note about holocaust.
Synonyms[edit]
- (mass murder of 6 million Jews): Shoah
- the Nazi genocide
Hypernyms[edit]
- (mass murder of 6 million Jews): holocaust, genocide, mass murder
- (mass murder of 11 million people): holocaust, democide, mass murder
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (mass murder of 6 million Jews): Porajmos (the genocide of the Roma)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the mass murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany
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the mass murder of 11 million people by Nazi Germany
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ see e.g. Edward T. Linenthal, Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum (Columbia University Press; 15 October 2001; ISBN-10: 0231124074; ISBN-13: 978-0231124072)
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈhoːloˌkaʊ̯st/[1], IPA(key): /ˌholoˈkaʊ̯st/[1]
- (anglicised pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔləˌkɔːst/[2][3]
Proper noun[edit]
Holocaust m (genitive Holocausts)
- (historical) the Holocaust
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Max Mangold, Duden-Aussprachewörterbuch (Duden Band 6), sixth revised and updated edition (Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 2005; ISBN 9783411040667), page 408
- ^ Duden: Universalwörterbuch, sixth edition, page 844
- ^ Duden: Großes Fremdwörterbuch, fourth edition, page 565
