The genocide perpetrated by the Nazi regime against Jews and other groups during WWII is called what?

• A. The Holocaust
• B. The Armenian Genocide
• C. The Bosnian Genocide
• D. The Rwandan Genocide

Answer: (A)

Holocaust refers to the Nazi regime’s systematic, state‑sponsored murder of Jews and other groups during World War II. It grew from a racist, antisemitic ideology that singled out Jews for persecution and elimination. The regime passed laws to isolate Jews, forced many into ghettos, and then organized mass murder on an industrial scale. Central to this was the Final Solution, the plan to exterminate the Jewish population, carried out between 1941 and 1945 in extermination camps and through mobile killing units. Millions of Jews died, and many others—Roma, disabled people, Slavic groups, political dissidents, LGBTQ individuals, and more—were persecuted and murdered as part of the Nazi aims.

This event is distinct from other genocides that happened in different places and times, such as the Armenian Genocide during World War I, the Bosnian Genocide in the 1990s, and the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Each genocide has its own context and victims, but the Holocaust specifically refers to the Nazi-era killings during World War II.