The Holocaust - The Way It Was
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Definition of the Holocaust
What does Webster's dictionary defines the Holocaust as?
ho·lo·caust 'hO-l&-"kost, 'hä- also -"kästor'ho-l&-kost\ noun
1 : a sacrifice consumed by fire,
2 : a thorough destruction especially by fire. (i.e. a nuclear
holocaust)
3 a oft ....
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a period of 11 years (1933-1945). There are actually two main phases to the
Holocaust, the period between 1933 and 1939, the Nazi rise, and the period
between 1939 and 1945, the period of war, or more specifically, World War
II. The first concentration camp opened in January 1933, when the Nazis
came to power, and continued to run until the end of the war and the Third
Reich: May 8, 1945.
The idea that the Holocaust represents 11 million lives that abruptly ended
is a difficult conce ....
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