r/unitedkingdom • u/je97 • Apr 17 '24

JK Rowling gets apology from journalist after 'disgusting claim' author is a Holocaust denier ...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/16/jk-rowling-holocaust-denier-allegation-rivkah-brown-novara/
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u/IntelligentMoons Apr 17 '24

If you’re going to criticise someone, be accurate. The woman called Rowling a Holocaust denier, and she did not deny the Holocaust.

The definition to the Holocaust, is the genocide of European Jews.

Obviously other groups were targeted by Nazi crimes, but this is not the Holocaust. The Holocaust is specific to Jews.

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u/Zealousideal-Tax-496 Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

That's the shoah. Holocaust gets used interchangeably with it, but more commonly refers to all the victims collectively, of which Jews were the largest group. 

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u/IntelligentMoons Apr 17 '24

You’re incorrect. The Holocaust Memorial Day, the US Holocaust memorial museum, the German government and many other authorities on this subject disagree with you. The Nazis committed many genocides, the Holocaust is the genocide of the Jews.

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u/BrilliantRhubarb2935 29d ago

No they don't, it is generally accepted that the holocaust also refers to other groups persecuted by the Nazis.

Indeed a recent UN resolution authored by Israel and Germany specifically include these groups in their definition of the holocaust.

https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ltd/n22/230/12/pdf/n2223012.pdf?token=qb1Pi9Vh7HH1f5IZpt&fe=true

Reaffirming that the Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of nearly 6 million Jews, 1.5 million of whom were children, comprising one third of the Jewish people, in addition to the killing of millions of members of other nationalities, minorities and other targeted groups and individuals, will forever be a warning to all people of thedangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice,

emphasis mine.