Regina King performed the role of Erika Murphy.
Names of the Holocaust vary based on context .. `` The Holocaust '' is the name commonly applied since the mid-1940s to the systematic extermination of six million Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II .. The Holocaust. The Holocaust. Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany. World War II. World War II. The term is also used more broadly to include the Nazis ' systematic murder of millions of people in other groups , including ethnic Poles , the Romani , Soviet civilians , Soviet prisoners of war , people with disabilities , gay men , and political and religious opponents , which would bring the total number of Holocaust victims to between 11 million and 17 million people .. ethnic Poles. Nazi crimes against ethnic Poles. Romani. Porajmos. Soviet civilians. Generalplan Ost. Soviet prisoners of war. Extermination of Soviet prisoners of war by Nazi Germany. people with disabilities. Action T4. gay men. Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. political and religious opponents. Holocaust victims. Holocaust victims. Holocaust victims. In Judaism , Shoah , meaning `` calamity '' in Hebrew , became the standard term for the 20th century Holocaust -LRB- see Yom HaShoah -RRB- .. Hebrew. Hebrew language. Yom HaShoah. Yom HaShoah. This is because ` Holocaust ' connotes a sacrifice , and Jewish leaders argue there was no sacrifice .