Holocaust

1. A holocaust is any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life. The most notable holocaust of the 20th century was in Europe prior to and during World War II. 2. The worst holocaust in modern history took place in Nazi Germany. This period of persecution and extermination of European Jews began in 1933, when Adolf Hitler took control of the German government and ended in 1945, when World War II ended. 3. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in …

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