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

“We can rage against the heinous acts committed by the terrorists of October 7th and also decry the killing of innocent women and children in Gaza,” Spielberg said during an event celebrating the anniversary of the USC Shoah Foundation.

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“Making inappropriate and highly offensive jokes that trivialize the Holocaust only serve to minimize the evil and inhumanity of Nazi crimes, denigrate the suffering of both victims and survivors and insult the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Shoah,” the ADL said in a statement from its official account.

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Such historically inspired pieces as “The Brutalist,” “Lee,” “White Bird: A Wonder Story” and the documentaries “The Commandant’s Shadow” and “Riefenstahl,” plus the contemporary dramedy “A Real Pain,” all feature echoes of the Shoah.

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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.

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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.

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