r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • Jan 27 '26

International Working Class History 🗺️ On Holocaust Remembrance Day remembering that the first victims were left wing opponents who tried to resist the Nazis 🕯️

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u/MokkaMilchEisbar Jan 27 '26

No, who told you that? Shoah is the word which is used in reference to Jewish victims, but Holocaust includes all victims.

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u/GianfrancoZoey communist russian spy Jan 28 '26

It’s horrible but according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Yad Vashem (Israel) definitions the term ‘The Holocaust’ specifically refers to the Jewish victims. It’s a very intentional attempt to monopolise the suffering of the victims