The Holocaust, or Shoah, the systematic killing mainly of six million Jews, but also of Gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals and other groups in Europe during World War II. Since the 1970s, this has been the main meaning of the English term.

Armenian Holocaust, used to describe the Armenian genocide prior to coinage of the term "genocide".

See genocides in history; many instances may be called "X genocide" or "X holocaust" equivalently

Asian Holocaust, in Asia and the Pacific islands under the Japanese Empire.

nuclear holocaust

Black Holocaust, the death of Africans on slave ships.

Holocaust, member of Blood Syndicate, by Milestone Comics

Holocaust!,a 1959 book about the Cocoanut Grove fire of 1942

Holocaust (comics), a Marvel Comics super villain

See also Names of the Holocaust for a discussion of the history and usage of the word.

Silent Holocaust -- several meanings

Holocaust (TV miniseries), 1978 television miniseries about the Shoah

Blue Sky Black Death presents: The Holocaust, a collaborative album by rapper Holocaust and Blue Sky Black Death

Holocaust (band), a Scottish heavy metal band

holocaust (sacrifice), a burnt offering, from Greek holo-kauston "all burnt". The original sense, referring to a completely-burnt sacrifice

Forgotten Holocaust -- several meanings

American Holocaust, a term used by David Stannard in his book of that name to label the alleged genocide of Native Americans by the United States.

Ukrainian Holocaust, the Holodomor (mass famine) during Soviet collectivisation.