Shoah

(noun)

An alternative term used for the Holocaust - the genocide in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about six million Jews during World War II.

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Examples of Shoah in the following topics:

  • The Holocaust

    • The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was a genocide in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about six million Jews during World War II.
    • The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was a genocide in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about six million Jews during World War II. 

  • The Holocaust

    • The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah (Hebrew for "the catastrophe"), was a genocide in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed approximately six million Jews.