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