Defining the Destruction Free Preview Length: 15 minutes Why do we call the destruction of European Jews “the Holocaust”? This brief lecture provides an overview of the various terms used to describe this genocide. Introduction to a series of brief lectures on the Holocaust. 1. Introduction The Victims Back to: The Holocaust > 1. Introduction 2 Comments Kenneth Ephraim Pinczower says: January 23, 2022 at 11:05 am Enjoyed the first installment Reply Uzziah Ovadiah Velazquez says: January 24, 2022 at 8:24 am Shalom rabbi, you said Raphael Lemkin coined the word genocide from the greek term genos meaning PEOPLE . Is it possible that this word gehinom be conected to that same greek term genos which also comes from gehena a place where PEOPLE were burned? Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.