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  1. The Holocaust - Wikipedia

    From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.

  2. Holocaust | Definition, Concentration Camps, History, & Facts

    Dec 7, 2025 · The Holocaust was the systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II.

  3. Introduction to the Holocaust: What was the Holocaust? | Holocaust ...

    Sep 20, 2024 · The Holocaust (1933–1945) was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators.

  4. Holocaust: Definition, Remembrance & Meaning | HISTORY

    Oct 14, 2009 · The Holocaust was the state-sponsored persecution and mass murder of millions of European Jews, Romani people, the intellectually disabled, political dissidents and homosexuals by …

  5. What was the Holocaust? How Vast was the Crime

    The Holocaust was unprecedented genocide, total and systematic, perpetrated by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, with the aim of annihilating the Jewish people. The primary motivation was the Nazis' …

  6. An Introductory History of the Holocaust | Jewish Virtual Library

    The Holocaust (also called Ha-Shoah in Hebrew) refers to the period from January 30, 1933 - when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany - to May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe officially …

  7. The Holocaust | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

    The Holocaust was Nazi Germany’s deliberate, organized, state-sponsored persecution and genocide of European Jews. During the war, the Nazi regime and their collaborators systematically murdered …

  8. Holocaust - Nazi Persecution, Genocide, Concentration Camps

    4 days ago · Holocaust - Nazi Persecution, Genocide, Concentration Camps: After Kristallnacht in 1938 even more discrimination was directed at Jews, eventually leading to confinement in ghettos.

  9. The Holocaust: Information, Testimonies, Documents, Letters, Timeline

    "On the Holocaust" brings together historians and experts from Yad Vashem - the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, who present new perspectives on the Holocaust, exploring its untold stories …

  10. What was the Holocaust? :: About Holocaust

    The Holocaust was the attempt by Nazi Germany and its collaborators to murder the Jews of Europe.