What other groups besides Jews were persecuted in World War 2?

Answer 1

The commonly accepted answer would be "the Jews", but at best, that answer would be only partially correct. The Jews werethe main victims of Nazi persecution, but many other groups were targeted, these included but were not limited to: Romany (gypsies), homosexuals, and Serbians. While Christianity was ostensibly accepted by the Nazis, in reality, any Christians who publicly dissented from the accepted Nazi racist teachings (the master race, racial purity, and other such officially-sanctioned positions) were also sent to concentration camps-notably, many Jehovah's Witnesses were sent to the camps as early as 1939, and all protestant denominations were under threat, to some degree, as were Catholics who acted on conscience.

Answer 2

For sheer numbers, one would have to say that black Americans suffered the most severe discrimination; for they not only continued to bear all of the discrimination in housing, employment, education, and access to public accommodations and programs that had marked their plight from the days of slavery, but in addition, they were assigned to armed forces units that kept black and white servicemen separate. Thus, although they risked their lives and shed their blood and lost their limbs just as white soldiers did, they were not given the same preferred status in society, either in war or in the peace that followed.

But for the most intense and severe forms of discrimination, one would have to say that Americans of Japanese heritage suffered more humiliation and injustice than did other minorities. Many Japanese people and families, not only legal aliens but also American citizens, were torn from their homes, stripped of their possessions, and herded into concentration camps, where many lived in poverty and squalor.

Americans of German heritage were interned here, too, but their numbers were smaller and their living conditions were more humane than were those of the Japanese.

Answer 3

Japanese Americans, a large number of whom were interned in guarded camps for most of the war.

Answer 4

The Jews, the homsexuals, gypsies, bisexuals, the mentally ill, the mentally retarded, Africans, Asians, Mexicans, and essentially anyone who opposed the Furher.

Answer 5

The Japanese, they were sent to internment camps all over the pacific coast

Answer 6

Jews , blacks ), homosexuals), Gypsies) and mentally handicapped people ) and physically handicapped people who were not war veterans.

Answer 7

Gypsies,Poles, Retards and cripples, homosexuals

Answer 8

Jewish