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What was the holocaust?

The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored murder of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and their collaborators between 1933 and 1945.

The Nazis targeted European Jewry as part of a larger system of racial persecution and war. Germany and collaborators persecuted and murdered millions more, including their political opponents, persons with disabilities, Roma and Sinti, Poles and Slavs, Soviet prisoners of war, gay men, Afro-Germans, and others.

Looking for additional online educational tools? Check out the Holocaust Composer Series, in partnership with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra! Holocaust Composer Stories is supported by Michael Staenberg and the Staenberg Family Foundation, Noémi Neidorff, JCA Charitable Foundation, and the Rubin and Gloria Feldman Family Educational Institute.