What groups did the Nazis persecute in World War 2?

Answer 1

During World War II the Nazis persecuted and killed millions of Jews, Polish, Slavic and Romani people, the mentally and physically disabled, the deaf and blind, homosexuals, and political adversaries like communists, socialists, and social democrats.

Answer 2

Jews, gypsies (Romanies) - these were the only groups singled out for extermination. Many other groups, however, were treated very badly, in particular:

• Soviet prisoners of war
• Russians
• Poles
• Communists
• Liberals
• Other political dissidents
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• Disabled and incurable people
• Homosexuals.

In addition, some of Germany's allies, especially Croatiaand Romania, committed genocide. Croatia tried to exterminate Serbs as well as Jews.

Individuals who sheltered Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, communists, anti-Nazis and people with physical or mental disabilites were persecuted. Some PoWs also found their way into concentration camps.

It could also be argued that almost all the citizens of nations conquered by the Nazis were persecuted to varying degrees, whether by direct mistreatment such as beatings, restrictions in movement, evictions from homes, long working hours and by effectively having their food supplies stolen. In some areas there were massacres of civilians in retaliation for Resistance/partisan activities, such as Czechoslovakia, France and in the Balkans.

The Nazis believed that only Germans could be citizens and that non-Germans did not have any right to the rights of citizenship.

The Nazis racial philosophy taught that some races were untermensch (sub-human). Many scientists at this time believed that people with disabilities or social problems were genetic degenerates whose genes needed to be eliminated from the human bloodline.

The Nazis, therefore:

• Tried to eliminate the Jews.
• Killed 85 per cent of Germany's Gypsies.
• Sterilized black people.
• Eliminate all Political Opponents to the Nazi Party.
• Killed All POW's by Execution or Work.
• Killed mentally disabled people.
• Sterilized physically disabled peopleand people with hereditary diseases.
• Sterilized deaf people.
• Put homosexuals, prostitutes, Jehovah's Witnesses, alcoholics, pacifists, beggars, hooligans and criminals- who they regarded as anti-social - into concentration camps.

Answer 3

It was mainly the Jews who were persecuted in WW2, but other minority groups such as Homosexuals, Black people, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Gypsies were also taken to concerntation camps and brutally disposed of in gas chambers.

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In addition, about 60% of all Soviet prisoners-of-war in German hands perished.

• Jews
• Sinti and Roma (Gypsies)
• Socialists
• Communists
• Poles
• Homosexuals
• Incurables
• Jehovah's Witnesses

Hitler persecuted many groups, including Jews, socialists, gypsies, and homosexuals.

Answer 4

Many different people. People who were gay, disabled, mentally ill, Jewish, disagreed with their policies, too old to be any use, too young to be any use, Gypsies, mentally disabled and people who helped any of the above. They also went after certain professions like teachers.

Answer 5

The Jews were persecuted by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Gypsies, Jews, disabled, anyone with any disorder, anyone considered racially inferior.

Jews, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses.

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The Holocaust was mass murder, not persecution. Please see the related question for a longer list. Incidentally, the second largest group killed was Soviet prisoners of war (about 3.3 million) but they are seldom mentioned.

Answer 6

Jews ,homosexuals , gypsies ,tramps and beggars ,Eastern Europeans ,mentally and physically disabled .

Answer 7

Please have a look at the related question.

Answer 8

1. the Jews

2. the disabled

3. gypsies

4. technically the Polish

5. sorry, i don't know

Answer 9

They were capture by an army o dicks