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Holocaust  

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  • Holocaust is the term used to refer to the attempted annihilation of European Jewry and the brutal persecution of an extended “mosaic of victims” by German Nazis. When Did the Holocaust Occur and How Did it Unfold? The persecution of Jews began soon after Adolph Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Holocaust]

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