The holocaust is but the most horrific consequence of anti-semitism, which in many cases originates in religions communities of Christianity. Particularly the narrative of the Jewish deicide contributed to a lot of hatred towards Jews.
See also Himmler’s Pozen speech, to see how obedience and dehumanization lay the foundation for the shoah.
The following account is from the Russian historian Tamara Eidelman.
Холокост
- 1189 – first mention of the word “holocaust” by English chronicler
Literally means “burnt offering” from a Greek word - Writer and Nazi hunter, holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel made the word holocaust into common language
- Shoa (catastrophe) preferred word for Israelis / understandable
- Shoa documentary of 9 hours – hard to watch
My great-grandfather was a monster
How a Russian citizen struggles to reconciliate with the fact that her great-grandfather was an SS officer.