what was the holocaust'
The Holocaust (HaShoah, in Hebrew) refers to the systematic murderof more than six million Jews orchestrated by Adolph Hitler and the National Socialist(Nazi) Party in Europe during World War II.
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 ended.