Holocaust (disambiguation)

Template:Wiktionarypar Holocaust can mean:

The Holocaust, the systematic killing of mainly Jews, but also Gypsies, Poles, and other groups in Europe during World War II
Holocaust, total destruction by a major fire. This was the common usage of the word up to the 1970s.
Holocaust (band), a Scottish heavy metal band
Holocaust (rapper), an American rapper affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan
Holocaust (comics), a Marvel Comics super villain
Holocaust (miniseries), 1978 television miniseries
Holocaust (sacrifice), a word referring to a completely-burnt sacrifice

The word is also used to describe the following events:

Asian Holocaust, in Asia and the Pacific islands under the Japanese Empire
Black Holocaust, the death of Africans on slave ships
Cambodian Holocaust, or Cambodian Genocide, the Cambodians killed in the 1970s at the hands of Pol Pot's forces
Chinese Holocaust, in China during the Japanese occupation
Hiroshima Holocaust, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Ukrainian Holocaust, the Holodomor during Soviet collectivisation
Armenian Holocaust, or Armenian Genocide
Gay Holocaust, see history of gays in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
Native American Holocaust, or Native American massacres
Nuclear holocaust, the anticipated result of nuclear war and nuclear winter
Rwanda Holocaust, or Rwandan Genocide
Holocaust of the un-born (abortion), is a term used in combination with pro-life activism argument.
Holocaust! is the name of a book about the Cocoanut Grove fire, which killed 492 people in Boston in November, 1942. The book was published in 1959, when the word "holocaust" had a broader meaning than it does now (see The Holocaust for the origin of the term).