Shoah

/ ˈʃɔɑː /

noun

1. (in secular Judaism) a Hebrew word for holocaust See also Churban

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shoah¹

literally: destruction

Example Sentences

It is minimalist, he said, noting that one of his biggest influences is Claude Lanzmann, who directed “Shoah,” a nine-hour documentary on recollections of the Holocaust.

From Los Angeles Times

Because Nakba and Shoah, the Hebrew word for the Holocaust, both mean “catastrophe” in English, and because both are rooted in the 1940s, they are often equated or conflated.

From Slate

He described his father teaching him about the Shoah, or Holocaust, at the dinner table when he was young and passing the lessons along to his children and their children when he was older.

From New York Times

That’s why growing up, my dad taught me and my siblings about the horrors of the Shoah at our family dinner table.

From New York Times

President Carol Folt presented the gold University Medallion to victims of the Nazi regime who have taken part in preservation programs under the Shoah Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times