1. Roman Catholics were not persecuted for being Roman Catholics. However, some Roman Catholics drew political consequences from their faith and criticized the Nazi regime. Such people faced persecution as individuals or, in the case of the Poles, on racial grounds. 2. The Nazis became very anti-Polish in 1939. Previously, Hitler had admired them for their anti-Communism. The Polish government had been given the opportunity to make Poland a 'privileged' ally of Germany, rather like Slovakia and, later, Croatia - but they rejected this. Also, many Poles (about 3 million) were Jewish, so those Jewish-Poles would be targeted. Any Pole who helped a Jew would be targeted. Any Polish political leader would be targeted (unless they collaborate with the Nazi's). On the whole however, Hitler planned to destroy Poland as an entity, because Poland would not exist in the long-term. He was not going to kill all Poles, however he was going to destroy the cultural & national identity of Polish people. The plans were: Most of the ethnic Polish population would be removed from the Polish territories (either by extermination or migration). Those that remained would be there to supply cheap labor to German industry and agriculture. Hitler was only in the early stages of his plans for Poland by the time he was defeated. The longer the German occupation had lasted, then the more drastic and brutal the actions taken against ethnic Poles. In Germany, Catholics were only targeted if they opposed Hitler. Remember Austria, Bavaria and most of Batten-Wurtenburg are predominate catholic areas. Hitler needed German catholics to support his regime. He avoided conflict with the Churches (catholic & protestant), because he did not highlight his anti-religious views in Germany. He actually used the normally strong moral attitude of Germans, especially catholics, to target those people and nations that Hitler proclaimed as being "immoral". If he could convince the German people that a group of people, a race, a religion, a political party, or a nation was "immoral" then it was much easier to get Germans to support drastic measures to fight this "immorality". In the early part of the war, most Germans thought that they were justified and doing the right thing. Later the war would pose more moral conflicts for the average German.
Since Poland is an immediate neighbor of Germany, there was a certain amount of competition for territory, where both Poles and Germans lived. In order for Germans to achieve their ambition of racial dominance of Europe and the world, they had to target other ethnicities, and Poles were an obvious target, not only because of their proximity, but because they were not militarily prepared to deal with Germany, having completely failed to understand the threat, prior to WW II.
He had a bad life. He was treated badly. He just wanted to get back at the people who hurt him.
Bacause he belived all Slavic races including Poland and aspecially Poland needed to be wiped out to make room for germans. Poles were thought to be sub-human just like Jews or Gypsies.
they were the poles (polish)
The Nazis were. Viciously doing so to try to get Britain to surrender to the Nazis so that they could launch operation Sea Lion. (The massive, though never launched, ground-based invasion of Britain.)
Russians, Slavs, Poles, Jews, Gypsies, the weak and the lame, the mentally challenged, Homosexuals, Blacks, and others.....
Jews had stars of David poles had red triangle
They were called Nazis.
the Jews were primarily the targets of the Nazis, though they were not totally eliminated by them
The Poles were invaded by the Nazis. They did not want to fight with the Nazis or cooperate with them. Poles were killed by the thousands. Germans moved right into their homes and businesses. So any Poles who made it to freedom or were already in England they fought as free Poles with the Allies to defeat the Nazis. There was a fairly strong Underground Resistance movement in Poland to fight against the Nazis.
The Poles tried to defend themsleves against the Nazis invading their country and they had no help. They were defeated. Many Poles escaped the country and joined the Allies in defeating the Nazis.
they were the poles (polish)
The Katyn Forest was where the Russians murdered many Poles, then blamed it on the Nazis after the war.
The Jewish people. But the Poles - Slavs of any kind - were a bang-up second.
Jews, homosexuals, disabled people, Poles, Slavs, and Gypsies
The Nazi Germans invaded Poland and murdered thousands of Poles. They kicked the Poles out of their own country and moved Germans into Poland. They murdered thousands of Jews and relocated thousands more to the relocation centers until they completed the concentration camps. Many Poles managed to escape and make it to freedom. Those Poles joined the Allies to defeat the Nazis. Many Poles left in Poland started up the Underground Resistance. The Poles who escaped manage to inform the French and British about the atrocities the Nazis were doing in Poland. They told them that most of the remaining Poles were made to do slave labor or else they would be shot.
The Nazis wanted to exterminate all Jews, Romanies, Poles, Russians, and any other non-Aryans, as well as homosexuals, people with Down Syndrome, the insane, and any other birth defect that rendered the person less than whole in the minds of the Nazis.
The Nazis were. Viciously doing so to try to get Britain to surrender to the Nazis so that they could launch operation Sea Lion. (The massive, though never launched, ground-based invasion of Britain.)
Jews built there own trenches because Once they Were done digging They were shot in the neck. Also, so The Nazis didn't have to get rid of the bodies. With little Children, They were used as targets. Nazis threw them in the air, and then shot them for practice and fun.
There were a lot of groups targeted by the Nazis in WW2 but here are the groups with the most deaths:Jews (over 6,000,000 killed)Poles (approx. 5.5 - 5.9 million and of these about 2.9 million Jews killed)Handicapped people were (200,000 - 250,000 killed)Roma Gypsies (approx. 220,000 dead)Hope it helps.