The Holocaust: The Most Important Events In History

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The holocaust is one of the most devastating, brutal and important events in history. It occurred during World War 2, and it is the massacre of approximately eleven million people, consisting of six million Jews, homosexuals, gypsies and people with disabilities. This massacre was lead by Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, and leader of the Nazi

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