How does the holocaust differ from a genoicide?

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I am veering into dangerous territory here but how does the holocaust differ from a genocide? They both are systematic ways of killing something you seem undesirable such as the Armenian genocide or the killing of Chinese by the Japanese.

So why isn’t called Armenian holocaust ? Does the holocaust only refer to the systematic killing of Jews?

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Genocide is the larger concept. Holocaust is the name for the genocide of jews in the second world war. So Holocaust was a genocide.

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Good and serious question,

Maybe the Yad Vashim explanation is a help.

Best Regards

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This is reaffirms @Pirk explanation and also tells why the holocaust is called the holocaust. So the systematic murder of Jews is called the holocaust.

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