text: what makes the holocaust unique? i'm writing a report for a contest, so please include as many sources as you can! thanks! unique in the way that it went on under the radar for so long by most people on the planet. few knew of the gas chambers and what went on until the war ended, even most germans didn't know. unique in the scale of genocide. have you ever counted just one million of anything? unique in that it could never happen again in such secrecy. everyone new the jews were imprisoned, even the catholic church. but the holocaust was a secret until the end of the war. and hopefully it will always stay unique forever until time ends! amen