the holocaust non-jewish victims. general information 6 million jewish victims (approximately) 5+...

The HolocaustThe Holocaust

Non-Jewish Victims

General Information

6 million Jewish victims (approximately) 5+ million non-Jewish victims Victims = people who stood in the way of

or did not fit into Nazi ideology Husbands & wives of Jews forced to get

divorce or go to concentration camp “Interracial” marriages not allowed under

Hitler

Poles

Hitler’s first target Poland invaded in Sept.

1939 Rounded up for slave

labor & scientific experiments

Blond Poles were “Germanized”– Taken to be raised as Nazis

by German 6 million killed (approx.)

Afro-Europeans

Result of Post-WWI mixing According to Hitler

– Mulattos result from rape or “loose” mothers– African-German children “insult” to German Nation

Commission No. 3– Sterilization of mulatto children– Approximately 400 sterilized, many without parent

knowledge

Jehovah Witness

Killed for belief & recognition of no god other than Jehovah

Refused to sign documents of loyalty to Nazi ideology

Forced to wear purple arm bands& triangles

Imprisoned as dangerous traitors

Gypsies

Chosen for total annihilation

Seen as racially inferior and degenerate –> worthless

500,000 victims (approx.)

Brown triangles & armbands

Homosexuals

Predominantly male victims

Allowed to be further humiliated inside camps

5,000 to 15,000 victims Pink triangles &

armbands Included S.S. members

suspected of being homosexual

The Handicapped

Hitler believed it was a waste of time & money to support them

Deemed useless & put directly to death Thousands of victims

Christian & Catholic Leaders

Hitler wanted to create new religion and replace Jesus Christ as the person to worship

Hitler wanted worship of Nazi ideology, not Jesus

Targeted for influential nature Thousands allowed to die slowly of disease

& starvation

Those That Resisted

Defenders of victims Spoke out against the Nazis and Hitler Victims included citizens of all nations

(including Germany)