5,000 gypsies died at Chelmno.
Many, many, non-Jews were persecuted during the Holocaust. Some of Hitler's other main targets were Jehovah's Witnesses, Gypsies, the disabled, and homosexuals. Millions of Soviets and Poles died during the Holocaust as well.
The vagrants of the holocaust were referred to as the Romani or gypsies. An estimated 220,000-500,000 gypsies and vagrants died.
The Nazis in Germany and in countries occupied by Germany, created hundreds of camps in which many Jews, Poles, Gypsies and others suffered. About 6 million Jews died in WWII, about half killed in the German built gas chambers at death camps.
No. Gypsies migrated to Europe from India, and they were called Gypsies because people thought they were Egyptian. Gypsies, or Rom as they are more correctly called, have no country of their own. They are a migratory people who live in many different countries. They have darker skin, hair, and eyes than the Poles, who are of European extraction.
Hitler killed thousands of gypsies and some died in the bombings but most made it to safety hiding in the forests, escaping to Spain or Switzerland.
There were close to 12 million deaths at the end of the Holocaust. 6 million were Jews, 5 million were Poles, and the 1 million was made up of Gypsies, Slavs, dissabled, and homosexuals.
No, they were just one of many ethnic or religious groups that were discriminated against. Others included Africans, Homosexuals, Slavs, Poles and Gypsies, but there were many more.
Yes, the Romani people, commonly referred to as Gypsies, have origins in Northern India. They migrated from India to different parts of Europe and other regions around the world over the course of many centuries.
Well the exact death toll will never be found but after investigations, the estimate who died at Auschwitz was about 1.29 Million. The death toll by groups were at least: 1,1000,000 Jews 137,000 Poles 21,000 Gypsies 15,000 Prisoners of Wars 25,000 Other Nationalities
it is hard to count how many were killed by evil Nazis and how many were killed by ordinary Nazis.
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