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The '''Holocaust''', also known as the '''Shoah''', refers to the systematic extermination of approximately six million [[Jews]] by the [[Nazi regime]] during the years of 1933 to 1945. Although the genocide started in 1941, the event is generally considered by scholars to have begun when [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] was elected Chancellor in 1933. It was one of the most heinous acts of [[genocide]] in human history.

The Holocaust was the result of the [[fascist]] and [[racist]] ideologies of the Nazi regime, which came to power in [[Germany]] in 1933. The Nazis believed in the concept of [[Aryan]] racial purity and the idea that Jews were an inferior race. They implemented policies of persecution and discrimination against Jews and other minority groups, which ultimately led to their extermination in [[Nazi concentration camps|death camps all across Europe]].

The Holocaust can also be understood in the context of [[imperialism]] and [[Capitalism|capitalist]] [[exploitation]]. The [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazis]]' aggressive [[Settler colonialism|expansionist policies]] and their exploitation of occupied territories for economic gain were key factors in the Holocaust. The [[Slavery|forced labor]] of [[concentration camp]] prisoners, the confiscation of Jewish property, and the looting of Jewish businesses all served to enrich the German economy and the Nazi regime. This is known as the theory of [[imperialism]] in which capitalist countries exploit the resources and [[labor|labour]] of their occupied territories for their own gain.<ref>Lenin, V.I. (1916). Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism. New York: International Publishers.</ref>

The Holocaust had a profound impact on the Jewish people, leading to the displacement and dispossession of millions of individuals and the destruction of entire communities. The trauma of the Holocaust continues to be felt by Jewish people and their descendants to this day.

== Timeline ==
Even before coming to power, [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] and his followers had promoted antisemitism and blamed Judaism for the rise of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]]. In ''Mein Kampf'', written in 1926, Hitler claimed that Jews had killed 30 million people in the Soviet Union.

The Nazis began the industrial-scale genocide of Jews in the summer of 1941 after suffering heavy losses to the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army|Red Army]]. They adopted the Final Solution at the Wannsee Conference in January 1942. Germany killed most of the poor Jews in Europe while many [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] Jews escaped to the [[United States of America|United States]].<ref name=":0223323">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=Stalin and the anti-fascist war|isbn=9782872620814|publisher=Editions EPO|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|page=228–229}}</ref>

== References ==
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