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Holocaust- Capital letter or lower case ?

Should the word 'Holocaust' be written with a capital H or lower case? I have encountered both ways of writing, and wondered if there's any standard at all.


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If you are referring to the "Holocaust", used to describe the mass killing by the Nazi regime during WWII then the word should be capitalized because it is a specific event in history. However, if you are using the word holocaust to describe general catastrophes or mass genocides then it should not be capitalized.


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