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| − | The Holocaust was the genocide of the Jews and others during [[World War II]] by the Nazi government | + | The Holocaust was the genocide of the Jews and others during [[World War II]] by the Nazi government of Germany, which played on widely held anti-Semitic sentiments. In addition to the genocide of six million Jews, many millions of Christians, Gypsies, disabled persons, Gays and Lesbians, Communists and other political opponents were also exterminated. |
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The Holocaust was the genocide of the Jews and others during World War II by the Nazi government of Germany, which played on widely held anti-Semitic sentiments. In addition to the genocide of six million Jews, many millions of Christians, Gypsies, disabled persons, Gays and Lesbians, Communists and other political opponents were also exterminated.