Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Holocaust

A massive slaughter, especially the systematic mass extermination of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps prior to and during World War II.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A massive slaughter, especially the systematic mass extermination of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps prior to and during World War II.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Holocausts

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

when used in reference to the extermination of Jews by Nazis, spell with uppercase H: Holocaust in titles and translations

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History Note

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  1. I01w.198w.240w.903w.149w.500w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.950.500w.903w.149w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Holocaust. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017767. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017767
  2. Holocaust. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust
  3. Holocaust. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2763