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| • | The term holocaust means a great loss of life, or sacrifice, from Greek holokaustos, which literally means "burnt completely by fire" [HTTP ].
Accordingly, before World War II, it was common to refer to any great fire as a holocaust. In recent decades, however, the term has become synonymous with genocide.
Used alone, as in "The Holocaust", it has largely come to refer to the experience of mainly Jews, but also Gypsies, Poles, and other groups in Europe during World War II (the terms Jewish Holocaust and Gypsy Holocaust can also be used more specifically, though both "holocausts" occurred at the same time and place). Because the term "Holocaust" is so closely tied in contemporary times to the Jewish experience at the hands of the Nazis, use of it in other contexts may be seen by some as controversial or even offensive. Others find focus on the genocide against Jews during World War II offensive considering the millions of non-Jews that were targeted. In any case, the term is of Greek origin, and arose long before World War II.
The term has recently come to be used quite generally, describing events that have affected a large group of people, but where suffering rather than death was the main outcome. The expression "Silicone Holocaust" is one such.
Certain events described in this article are controversial, held as fact by one side and rejected absolutely as fabrication by the other. The information here has been drawn from a number of sources. Various racial or cultural groups have used the term to describe events which have occurred in their own history.
Source: [wikipedia: holocaust (disambiguation)]
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history:romani
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Documentation and Culture Centre of German Sinti and Roma |
| | established to remember the romani holocaust. describes facilities, exhibits, and publications, lists upcoming events, and provides external links. content in german and english.
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Financial compensation for Nazi slave laborers |
| | from religioustolerance.org.
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Sinti and Roma (Gypsies): Victims of the Nazi Era |
| | originally published by the united states holocaust memorial museum as a pamphlet titled "sinti and roma."
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Vatican Bank Claims |
| | news about class action lawsuit on behalf of serb, jewish, and roma holocaust survivors seeking return of gold from the vatican bank
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Who Were the Gypsies? |
| | from the holocaust teacher resource center.
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judaism:religious
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Auschwitz Study Foundation |
| | the physical museum (orange county, california) has information about the holocaust, but this website has none. hours, location, contact information, details about the exhibit, related links, and mailing list.
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Florida Holocaust Museum |
| | features collection of works of art, photographs and historical artifacts. includes virtual tours, hours, calendar of events, current and future exhibits, memberships, docent program, admission, directions. located in st. petersburg.
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Holocaust Museum |
| | includes details of exhibitions, calendar of events, hours, membership and volunteering, photos, links, map and directions. located in houston, texas.
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Massuah |
| | features exhibitions that offer different perspectives of what happened, educational activities, and its location in israel. [hebrew and english]
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Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance Learning Center |
| | comprehensive resource on the holocaust and world war ii. featuring: glossary, timeline, bibliographies, questions and answers about the holocaust, virtual exhibits, curricular resources for teachers, 3,000 text files, tens of thousands of photos.
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The Holocaust Centre, Beth Shalom |
| | holocaust memorial and education centre. features virtual tour of the centre, information about its history, visitor facilities, educational work and journal. located in north nottinghamshire, england, uk.
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The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust |
| | online exhibits, special events, admissions and directions details, and a signup form for emailed updates and announcements.
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The Virginia Holocaust Museum |
| | richmond, virginia museum established in 1996 "to provide a historically accurate portrayal of the holocaust."
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The Yitzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum |
| | known as the ghetto fighters house, the museum contains permanent historical exhibits concerning jewish life before the holocaust, the holocaust period and the fate of the jewish people, and jewish resistance and uprising. located in western galilee.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
| | online exhibitions, events calendar, and educational guides.
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