▁the ▁universe ▁in ▁light ▁of ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 0 s . ▁It ▁is ▁primarily ▁found ▁in ▁J uda ism . ▁Jews ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁higher ▁proport ions ▁than ▁other ▁groups ; ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁limit ▁the ▁definition ▁of ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁to ▁the ▁Jewish ▁vict ims ▁of ▁the ▁Naz is ▁as ▁Jews ▁alone ▁were ▁target ed ▁for ▁the ▁Final ▁Solution . ▁O thers ▁include ▁the ▁additional ▁five ▁million ▁non - J ew ish ▁vict ims , ▁bringing ▁the ▁total ▁to ▁about ▁ 1 1 ▁million . ▁One ▁third ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁world wide ▁Jewish ▁population ▁were ▁killed ▁during ▁the ▁Hol oca ust . ▁The ▁Eastern ▁European ▁Jewish ▁population ▁was ▁particularly ▁hard ▁hit , ▁being ▁reduced ▁by ▁nin ety ▁percent . ▁While ▁a ▁dis pro port ion ate ▁number ▁of ▁Jewish ▁religious ▁sch ol ars ▁were ▁killed , ▁more ▁than ▁eight y ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁world ' s ▁total , ▁the ▁perpet rat ors ▁of ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁did ▁not ▁merely ▁target ▁religious ▁Jews . ▁A ▁large ▁percentage ▁of ▁the ▁Jews ▁killed ▁both ▁in ▁Eastern ▁and ▁Western ▁Europe ▁were ▁either ▁non observ ant ▁or ▁had ▁not ▁received ▁even ▁an ▁elementary ▁level ▁of ▁Jewish ▁education . ▁ ▁J uda ism , ▁Christian ity , ▁and ▁Islam ▁have ▁tradition ally ▁taught ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁om nis cient ▁( all - know ing ), ▁om n ip ot ent ▁( all - power ful ), ▁and ▁om n ib