Event

Holocaust

1941–1945 · 20th century · Also known as The Holocaust, Shoah

The Holocaust was the genocide of about six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during the Second World War. From 1941 mass shootings in the occupied Soviet territories and the Baltic states were followed by deportations to extermination camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka. Roma, disabled people and other groups were also murdered on a mass scale.

Holocaust
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Holocaust. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/holocaust
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