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Get email notification for articles from Ruth Schuster Follow It is known as the Holocaust. Jews call it the “ Shoah” – an ancient word for "disaster” or “catastrophe." The mass, industrialized murder of European Jewry, the culmination of centuries of hate in an explosion of unimaginable brutality, left nearly six million Jews dead. Not killed in battle or even casualties of war but put to death, often in factories built expressly for murder. Since the gruesome discoveries of just ho...

It is known as the Holocaust. Jews call it the “ Shoah” – an ancient word for "disaster” or “catastrophe." The mass, industrialized murder of European Jewry, the culmination of centuries of hate in an explosion of unimaginable brutality, left nearly six million Jews dead. Not killed in battle or even casualties of war but put to death, often in factories built expressly for murder. Since the gruesome discoveries of just how Nazi Germany set about eradicating Europes Jews, aided and a...