Many people, including farmers, doctors, and diplomats helped political prisoners escape during the Holocaust.
During the Holocaust, the Nazis targeted seven major groups: Jews, Romas (gypsies), homosexuals, Slavs, mentally and physically handicapped, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Soviet Prisoners of war.
Around 200,000 political prisoners were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.
* Gypsies (Roma/Sinti) * Soviet prisoners of war * Political opponents of the Nazis * Jehovah's Witnesses * Homosexuals
Jews, prisoners of war, gypsies, homosexuals, people with disabilities, and Jehovah's witnesses
People commonly trapped in the holocaust were Jews. Other numbers of people were, gypsy familys, homosexuals, the disabled, soviet prisoners of war...
hey i was just studying that right now! =) of course the Jews were the primary victims but their are also 8 other groups. Roma, Sinti, the handicapped, Poles, homosexuals, Jehova's witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political opponents. 12 million people in total were killed in the holocaust. hope this help =)
That varied a lot. A few prisoners became Kapos and were abominably cruel to the prisoners that they supervised. It is worth mentioning that many of the homosexuals who perished were by killed by other prisoners.
The groups would be: Homosexuals Jehovah's Witnesses Political Prisoners (Those who went against the Reich) Gypsies Jewish Men and Women Slavs Ethnic Peoples' Soviet Prisoners of War Disabled and Mentally Ill The Political Left Free Masons Romani People
Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, political prisoners.
Early camps were meant to imprison political prisoners. People who did not fit Hitler's propaganda. They were built long before WW2, as early as 1933. Many prisoners were German, gypsies, Communists, homosexuals etc.Rounding up Jews came later and it wasn't political anymore.The mass extermination started between 1942-43.
Jews, Poles, Soviet Slavs and prisoners of war, Gypsies, the disabled, non-europeans (African,Asian...), homosexuals, political prisoners, leftists, freemasons, social deviants (prostitutes, hobos, alcoholics, draft resisters, pacifists, feminists...) etc.
Jews <><><> Also political prisoners, homosexuals, trade unionists, gypsies, and members of other religious organizations.