This is starting to come back to me, after that mini-series I referenced above aired there was an explosion of interest in the Holocaust here in the U.S. and consequently a number of magazine and newspaper articles were written about it and Elie Wiesel started appearing on late night talk shows quite frequently. That's when the term first gained wide spread use in the DMV area. I remember being surprised at how many people had been unaware of what transpired in Europe in the 30's and 40's or only had a vague awareness of it until that television event appeared.