holocaust
English meaning: Holocaust
Polish Definition
(Polski)Systematyczna eksterminacja Żydów przez nazistowskie Niemcy podczas II wojny światowej.
English Definition
The systematic, state-sponsored genocide of six million Jews by the Nazi regime (1941–1945). Poland was the primary site of the Holocaust — Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, Sobibor, and Bełżec extermination camps were all in occupied Poland. Three million Polish Jews (90% of the pre-war population) were murdered. The Holocaust is a defining moral lesson for humanity and human rights.
Example
“Auschwitz-Birkenau w Polsce był największym obozem zagłady Holokaustu.”
In English: “Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland was the largest extermination camp of the Holocaust.”
Synonyms
- Shoah
- ludobójstwo
Literary Heritage
“Polska nierządem stoi — ale też nierządem upada.”
“Poland stands by misrule — but it also falls by misrule.”
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