Modern era · 1933 – 1945
The Holocaust
The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered around six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, approximately two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.
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- When
- 1933 – 1945
- Where
- German-occupied Europe
- Era
- Modern
Topics
World War II1939 – 1945China1,046 BCE – todayItaly753 BCE – todayMorocco789 CE – todayKingdom of Hungary1000 – 1946German Reich1815 – 1949Kingdom of Romania1839 – 1947
People
Adolf Hitler1889 – 1945Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
Ion Antonescu1882 – 1946Prime minister of Romania during World War II; self-proclaimed "Leader" of the Romanian state between 1940–1944, executed for war crimes (1882–1946)
Before and after
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