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Holocaust can mean:
  • The Holocaust, or Shoah, the systematic killing mainly of six million Jews, but also of Gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals and other groups in Europe during World War II. Since the 1970s, this has been the main meaning of the English term.
  • holocaust (sacrifice), a burnt offering, from Greek holo-kauston "all burnt". The original sense, referring to a completely-burnt sacrifice
  • By extension the word was used in English to refer to other acts of obliteration by burning. See:
  • nuclear holocaust
See also Names of the Holocaust for a discussion of the history and usage of the word.

Other genocides

Post-1970s coinings of the type "name Holocaust" in the sense of "genocide" or "mass murder" imply a comparison to the Shoah and are often used polemically.
  • See genocides in history; many instances may be called "X genocide" or "X holocaust" equivalently
  • See for specific incidents
  • Articles specifically discussing the political background of the usage:
  • African holocaust, or nigg convention, Pan-Africanist term for the suffering of African peoples through slavery, imperialism, colonialism, invasions, oppression, and exploitation.
  • American Holocaust, a term used by David Stannard in his book of that name to label the alleged genocide of Native Americans by the United States.
  • Armenian Holocaust, used to describe the Armenian genocide prior to coinage of the term "genocide".
  • Asian Holocaust, in Asia and the Pacific islands under the Japanese Empire.
  • Black Holocaust, the death of Africans on slave ships.
  • Ukrainian Holocaust, the Holodomor (mass famine) during Soviet collectivisation.

Other uses

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holocaust is a religious animal sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire. The word derives from the Greek holókauston (ὁλόκαυστον = ὁλον [completely] +
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Nuclear holocaust refers to the possibility of complete or nearly complete eradication of human civilization by nuclear warfare. Under such a scenario, all or most of the Earth is burnt and destroyed by nuclear weapons in future world war.
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Final Solution to the Jewish Problem was the Nazis' own term, coined by Adolf Eichmann as a euphemism. Before the word Holocaust became normative this phrase was also used by writers in English.
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genocides and alleged genocides should be understood in this context and cannot be regarded as the final word on these subjects.

Alternative meanings of genocide

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David Stannard wrote the book American Holocaust which describes what he claims was the genocide of the American Indians in the United States, as well as other natives of the Americas.
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David Edward Stannard (born 1941) is a writer and professor of American studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Many of his works concern race and the treatment of indigenous people in the United States.

Stannard is the longtime partner of Haunani-Kay Trask.
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American Indian and Alaska Native
One race: 2.5 million[1]
In combination with one or more other races: 1.6 million[2]
Regions with significant populations  United States

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Japanese war crimes occurred during the period of Japanese imperialism. Asian Holocaust and Japanese war atrocities, are also used for these war crimes. Some war crimes were committed by military personnel from the Empire of Japan in the late 19th century, although
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Maafa (also known as the African Holocaust or Holocaust of Enslavement) is derived from a Kiswahili word meaning disaster, terrible occurrence or great tragedy.
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Ukrainian Holocaust is a term used by some (mostly Ukrainian) historians to refer to the Holodomor, a 1932–33 famine and a major national catastrophe in Ukraine. The usage of the term "Holocaust" in relation to the events of Holodomor has the emotional bearing that the events
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The Ukrainian famine (1932-1933), or Holodomor (Ukrainian: Голодомор), was one of the largest national catastrophes of the Ukrainian nation in modern history with direct loss of human life in the range of millions
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Holocaust are a heavy metal band from Scotland. They were founded in Edinburgh in the late 1970s and were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement.

Current Lineup

  • John Mortimer - guitars/vocals
  • John McCullim - guitars
  • Bryan Bartley - bass

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Warcloud is an American rapper, formerly a member of the Black Knights and an affiliate of The Wu-Tang Clan, who had a relatively conventional style in his early days with the group as Holocaust, with his departure he adopted several new monikers including Warcloud,
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Holocaust, also known as Nemesis, is a fictional character, a supervillain from the X-Men series of comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character's first appearance was technically in Stryfe's Strike File
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The Blood Syndicate is a fictional multicultural gang of superhumans created by Milestone Comics and published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in Blood Syndicate #1 (April 1993), and was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Velez Jr. and Denys Cowan.
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Holocaust was an Emmy Award-winning television miniseries broadcast in four parts in 1978 on the NBC television network. Although the miniseries won several awards and received critical acclaim, it was criticized by some including noted Holocaust author and survivor Elie
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The Cocoanut Grove was a nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. On November 28, 1942, the fashionable nightclub burned in what remains the deadliest nightclub fire in United States history, killing 492 people and injuring hundreds more.
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The phrase "forgotten holocaust" has been used to refer to several different historical events, including:
  • Armenian holocaust
  • The Rape of Nanking
  • Nazi crimes against ethnic Poles
  • Holodomor (Ukrainian famine under Stalin)

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The silent holocaust is a phrase that is used to refer to several unrelated events. One usage is abortion among some involved in pro-life activism. One group has even named itself Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust.
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