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What is the difference between Genocide and Holocaust?

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Chris Kenway

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Chris Kenway, Content Writer, Jacksonville

Answered Jul 27, 2020

Genocide and Holocaust are bad events that take the lives of many people. The word genocide never existed before 1944.

Genocide means taking the life of a group of people from the same ethnic group, a nation or religion; the word genocide was coined by a Polish Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959), he joined the Greek word “Geno” which means race or tribe and “Cide” from Latin meaning killing holocaust is an example of such.

The Holocaust occurred between 1941 and 1945, it was a terrible moment where over six million Jews were killed, and this is one of the highest numbers of people ever killed due to their nationality or belief.

The modern Genocide now has some different meanings; it encompasses causing serious body or mental harm to a group of people, killing members of the group, forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

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L. Agate

L. Agate

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Answered Jun 26, 2020

Genocides and the Holocaust are both horrific times that effect and impact specific groups of people. A Genocide refers to the description of what happens as a whole. It kills thousands of people and the killings are based off their race or off their religious beliefs. Unfortunately, many genocides have occurred over time and the Holocaust is one of those genocides.

The Holocaust occurred between the years of 1941 and 1945. It is one of the most common known genocides, due to the high number of people that were killed. This genocide attacked the Jews and over six million Jews lost their lives.

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Margot

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Answered Jun 17, 2020

A genocide is known to be the type of killing that involves a lot of people. This does not mean that you will only kill a large group of people who are in a certain area. This means that those who will be killed are those who are part of one ethnicity or one nation.

For example, if a large number of people from a certain ethnicity will be killed in one big event, this will be considered a genocide. The Holocaust is one such example of genocide.

This is usually discussed because this is truly one of the things that made a lot of difference with history and the things that people have gone through after the event. There were about six million Jews that were killed at this time.

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