The Holocaust

Genocide of the European Jews by Nazi Germany and other groups

The Holocaust ▸ Facts ▸ Comments ▸ News ▸ Videos

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by local collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews—around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe—between 1941 and 1945. Jews were targeted for extermination as part of a larger event during the Holocaust era, in which Germany and its collaborators persecuted and murdered other groups, including Slavs, the Roma, the "incurably sick", political and religious dissenters such as communists and Jehovah's Witnesses, and gay men. Taking into account all the victims of Nazi persecution, the death toll rises to 17 million.

0 shares	Share Tweet Save Post Send

This is a LIVE page which updates automatically as we're monitoring our hand-curated selection of verified and trustworthy media outlets

Gene Simmons visits White House and Pentagon, tells story of mother surviving Holocaust

Today, Gene Simmons, of the rock band KISS, made a surprise visit to the White House and Pentagon, where he visited veterans.
USATODAY.com - Published 3 days ago

Israeli charged with assault for spitting on Polish ambassador

Israeli prosecutors filed charges on Thursday against a man accused of spitting on Poland's ambassador, an incident that drew strong condemnation from Warsaw and underscored tensions between the..
Reuters - Published 3 days ago

▶ Videos for The Holocaust

Rabbis Slam New Abortion Law As Forced-Birth Mentality, Nazi Philosophy

Alabama's newly-passed abortion ban includes text comparing abortion to a host of unrelated issues... ...Like the Holocaust, Stalin's gulags, China's "Great Leap Forward," and Khmer Rouge's Cambodian..

Credit: Wochit News Duration: 01:09Published 3 days ago

New version of Anne Frank's diary could be original

A new translation and "stand-alone edition" of the diaries of Jewish teenager Anne Frank will be published in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on May 11, 75 years after the Holocaust diarist wrote her..

Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:13Published 1 week ago

Israel comes to a standstill in memory of the Holocaust

Israelis paused to the sound of a lamenting single-tone siren across the country, marking Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day in commemoration of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during the..

Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:50Published 2 weeks ago

Journal of teenage Holocaust victim retold for social media age | #TheCube

#TheCube | As Israel commemorates the Holocaust on May 1 and 2, the diary of a Jewish teenage Holocaust victim is being recounted using Instagram for a social media generation.

Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:50Published 2 weeks ago

She Fled the Rwandan Genocide and Survived to Tell Her Story

Clemantine Wamariya wants to be known as more than a war victim. With her memoir, she hopes to inspire readers to look deep beyond labels.

Credit: Newsy Studio Duration: 04:05Published on April 4, 2019

Children of Rwanda's genocide have now grown up

Twenty-five years after 800,000 people were murdered in the Rwandan genocide, child survivors and orphans are now adults. Some were helped away from certain poverty when they moved to a 'youth..

Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:06Published on April 4, 2019