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Second Holocaust
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “assertion that the holocaust or a similar event is recurring or will recur”. Today it says “recurring or is likely to occur again in the future”. This article was not filed under it. Today it is filed under Genocide prevention.
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The opening as it read in 2025
The notion of a second Holocaust is an assertion that the Holocaust or a similar event is recurring or will recur. It is often used to discuss perceived threats to the State of Israel , the Jewish people , or the Jewish way of life . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “assertion that the holocaust or a similar event is recurring or will recur”. Today it says “recurring or is likely to occur again in the future”. This article was not filed under it. Today it is filed under Genocide prevention. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
assertion that the holocaust or a similar event is recurring or will recur
Now
recurring or is likely to occur again in the future
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