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2: The term holocaust originally from the greek word holokauston, which means sacrifice by fire.
3: Nazi is an acronym for Nationalsozialistishe Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (national socialist
german workers party).
4: the final solution was a term used by the Nazis to refer to their plan to murder the jewish
people.
5: the Holocaust started April 1, 1933.
There were several things I didnt know about the holocaust or the Nazi party. For starters,
while I knew that Nazis also targeted people like Jehovahs witnesses and gypsies, I didnt know
they targeted gays or the disabled. I was also rather surprised that the holocaust was the final
solution. It kinda seemed like the only solution, considering that was practically the first thing they
did.