They targeted the handicapped because they were no use to the Nazis because they couldn't work. The Nazis were going about creating a master race of perfect human beings. Anyone who did not fit into Hitler's ideal person was targeted. That is why they exterminated who they exterminated: basically those who were not blond haired and blue eyed and those who were crippled/handicapped. It was known as euthanasia plan. Says omar.
The Nazis condemned Jews and mentally disabled people. They would also condemn certain types of gypsy. There were many other groups persecuted by the Nazis, but they were not condemned.
During the era of the Holocaust, German authorities also targeted other groups because of their perceived "racial inferiority": Roma (Gypsies), the disabled, and some of the Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, and others). Other groups were persecuted on political, ideological, and behavioral grounds, among them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Homosexuals.
Hitler and the Nazis targeted everyone who they believed were "not pure." When we think of the Holocaust, we usually think of the murder of the Jews, but many other groups were also persecuted. This includes roma (gypsies), homosexuals, the mentally or physically disabled, opponents of the Nazis, Jehovah's witnesses, social "misfits", and basically anyone else who did not meet their standards.
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Other groups targeted by the Nazis for destruction included the Romani people, the disabled, political dissidents, homosexuals, and Slavic peoples. These groups were persecuted and murdered as part of the Nazis' efforts to create a "pure" Aryan society.
The Nazis targeted various groups during their rule in Germany from 1933 to 1945. These groups included Jews, Roma and Sinti people, disabled individuals, LGBTQ+ individuals, political dissidents, Jehovah's Witnesses, Poles, Slavs, and other ethnic minorities. The Nazis aimed to eliminate or oppress these groups based on their ideology of racial purity and superiority.
All who opposed the Nazis and their allies.
11 million people were killed during the Holocaust (1.1 million children).6 million of those victims were Jewish. Other groups targeted by the Nazis were Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, disabled people, and Gypsies. 11.
Yes, the Nazis had a list of "undesirables". This included Gypsies, disabled, Serbs, Slavs, gays, political opponents.
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
There were many other groups that had people killed by Hitler and the Nazis, but the Holocaust was the specific actions against the Jews, therefore there were no other groups killed in the Holocaust. The only other group which suffered similar persecution to the Jews was the gypsies.
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.