The Holocaust (jan 1, 1941 – jan 1, 1945)

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The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.

Location: Europe, primarily German-occupied Poland and the Soviet Union
Date: 1941–1945
Attack type: Genocide, ethnic cleansing, mass murder, mass shooting, death marches, poison gas, hate crime
Deaths: Around 6 million Jews
Perpetrators: Nazi Germany along with its collaborators and allies

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