For hundreds of years, the word "holocaust" was used in English to denote great massacres, but since the 1960s, the term has come to be used by scholars and popular writers to refer to the Nazi genocide of Jews.
The word "holocaust" was used in English. This was for hundreds of years. This was to denote great massacres. The term has come to be used by scholars to refer to the Nazi genocide of Jews. This was since the 1960s. The term has come to be used by popular writers to refer to the Nazi genocide of Jews. This was since the 1960s.