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It wasn't only the Jews. It was anyone who didn't fit into Hitler's idea of a ideal person. Others killed were the Gypsys, handicapped, and political prisoners. About 5 million non-Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

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because Hitler believed that anyone different than him needed to be "exterminated". nobdy knows for sure why he felt that way.

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The Holocaust by definition was the Nazis' attempt to rid Europe of its Jews.

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Hitler killed the Jews because he thought it would solve germanys problems. He thought that the Germans were the perfect race and the Jews would mess-up the perfect raced country.

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