because it was easier than many smaller actions.
The Nazis employed several different methods of extermination during the Holocaust. Most notably were gas chambers, firing squads, mobile extermination trucks, and labor camps.
Extermination (Death) Camps
Gypsies
Built by Nazis to carry out the mass extermination of Jews through gas chambers along with other brutal methods; included Chelmno and Auschwitz; many would have crematoriums built to hide the evidence of this mass murder
They were taken to extermination camps. Please see related question.
The term is the Holocaust.
Poland.
1. In the extermination camps they had during the Holocaust, like Auschwitz. 2. In mass open air shootings by mobile killing units.
To facilitate the Final Solution, the Nazis established a network of concentration and extermination camps, such as Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Sobibor. These camps were designed for the systematic mass murder of Jews and other targeted groups, employing methods like gas chambers and mass shootings. The Nazis also implemented widespread deportations and utilized the SS (Schutzstaffel) to enforce these policies, ensuring the efficient execution of their genocidal plans. Propaganda and bureaucratic measures further supported their campaign of extermination.
The word is the Holocaust.
After the 1st year of WWII.
The only groups singled out for extermination rather than enslavement were the Jews and the Romanies ('gypsies'). Please see related question.