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Article: Holocaust
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- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
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Holocaust
The term
holocaust,
with origins in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, translates the Hebrew expression
olah
as
holokauston,
meaning "a burnt sacrifice" (Berenbaum 2000, p. 31). Deeply imbued with religious meaning, the expression is presently most closely associated with the Nazi policy of mass murder directed against European Jewry. In a century when over 140 million people died in wars, the Holocaust may long be the ultimate symbol of inhumanity.
The meaning of Holocaust is itself fraught with great controversy. Some, like the historian Walter Lacquer, insist that the expression is "singularly inappropriate" because of its religious connotations (Lacquer 1980, p. ...
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