Where can i get some great information on the Holocaust?

Question

I have to do a lang arts paper for school and my topic i was given is " The word holocaust means total destruction, usually by fire. Since WW 2 it has earned a new meaning. What is the new meaning Hitler was able to give to the word holocaust " .............................. This paper is nearly 8 pages long and i need alot of information on the topic above. If anyone out there knows a site with that information please let me know

Answer 1

Remember that Hitler didn't assign the word Holocaust or make the definition: Society did. That is an important thing. We meaning the media and society called it that. I have to say that if they gave me the word holocaust as a word to do an 8 page paper on- very little of the paper would stick the "holocaust" of the jews, other minorities, etc during the hitler reign. We have had many holocausts over the years. But just not to that significance?

It is similar to the way 911 became known as the emergency number but changed to 9/11 it means a huge slaughter of Americans and others on American territories. It is now part of our language.

The term holocaust originally derived from the Greek word halekaustann, meaning a "completely (holos) burnt (kaustos)" sacrificial offering to a god. Since the late 19th century, "holocaust" has primarily been used to refer to disasters or catastrophes. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was first used to describe Hitler's treatment of the Jews from as early as 1942, though it did not become a standard reference until the 1950s. By the late 1970s, however, the conventional meaning of the word became the Nazi genocide. The term is also used by many in a narrower sense, to refer specifically to the unprecedented destruction of European Jews in particular. Some historians credited Elie Wiesel with giving the term 'Holocaust' its present meaning. The biblical word Shoa (שואה), also spelled Shoah and Sho'ah, meaning "calamity" in Hebrew, became the standard Hebrew term for the Holocaust as early as the early 1940s.[4] Shoa is preferred by many Jews and a growing number of others for a number of reasons, including the potentially theologically offensive nature of the original meaning of the word holocaust.

Answer 2

See below link. Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find a ton of articles. Tip for you: In this essay, I would scrounge up some specific stories from survivors, real first hand stories (this will take up plenty of space as well as illistrate the meaning of the topic, you could even start your paper off with a quote from one). Make sure they illustrate the definition of the word and support the naming of the Holocaust event. Good Luck.

Answer 3

Go to Google.com & type in "Holocaust Education". You will get a list of education centers that have a wealth of information.
By the way, thank you for doing this project. Those who forget the past are doomed to relive it.