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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Holocaust refers to the systematic, deliberate and attempted extermination of a race or ethnic group, particularly in reference to the Nazi attempt to wipe out the Jews in Europe during World War II. The word is capitalised when referring to this, i.e. 'the Holocaust'. See World War II, Holocaust

The word is also widely used in the phrase nuclear holocaust,^[1] in which the human race itself is predicted to be wiped out by nuclear bombs, perhaps during a future World War III.

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See also

• World War II, Holocaust
• Holocaust denial
• Criticism of Holocaust denial
• Heinrich Himmler
• Adolf Hitler
• Homosexuality
• National Socialism
• SS
• World War II, Homefront
• Turkey and the Holocaust