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Shoah

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Sho·ah  (sh)
n.
The mass murder of European Jews by the Nazis during World War II.

[Hebrew ô'â, calamity; see w in Semitic roots.]

Shoah [ˈʃɔɑː]
n
(Historical Terms) (in secular Judaism) a Hebrew word for holocaust [2] See also Churban [2]
[literally: destruction]


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As with most societies, there are large divisions within Israel about the best way forward, arguments that look back over the millennia for support, yet turn pivotally on the shoah of the Second World War and the awareness that there is a serious problem with the Palestinian population both within Israel and within the occupied territories.
Pius X, including Bishop Richard Williamson, who denies that 6 million Jews were killed in the Shoah (Holocaust).
The speech was read out at a ceremony launching the "Aladdin Project," an initiative of the Paris-based Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah (Holocaust) which aims to spread awareness of the genocide among Muslims.
 
 
 
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