HolocaustThe mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45.
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The genocide of European Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany during World War II.
GenocideThe deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
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The act of annihilating an entire race or ethnic group.
Concentration campA place where large numbers of people are kept as prisoners in extremely bad conditions, especially during a war.
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A camp where persons are confined, usually without hearings and typically under harsh conditions, often as a result of their membership in a group which the government has identified as suspect.
NaziA member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, a far-right political party in Germany that existed from 1920 to 1945 and practiced the ideology of Nazism.
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A member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, a right-wing, authoritarian political party in Germany from 1920-1945.
ExterminationKilling, especially of a whole group of people or animals.
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The act of killing all the people from a racial, ethnic, or political group, or from a particular area.