1. WHO WAS TAKEN INTO CONCENTRATION CAMPS? holocaustmemorial.xyz

2. WHO WAS TAKEN? Most prisoners in the early concentration camps were German Communists, Roma (Gypsies), Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, and people accused of "asocial" or socially deviant behavior. holocaustmemorial.xyz

3. WHY WERE THEY TAKEN? German Communists holocaustmemorial.xyz

4. WHY WERE GERMAN COMMUNISTS TAKEN? The Nazi’s hated communists because they thought they’d weaken Germany’s strength after World War One. Hitler had decided that the father of communism (Marx) was converted Jew; this led him to believe that communism was bad. holocaustmemorial.xyz

5. WHY WERE THEY TAKEN? Roma (Gypsies) holocaustmemorial.xyz

6. WHY WERE ROMA (GYPSIES) TAKEN? The Nazi’s saw gypsies as asocial and less important than Germans. The Nazi’s deprived the gypsies of their civil rights, were taken to concentration camps and ghettos, used in medical experiments and killed. Gypsies who were married to Germans were sterilised, then excused. holocaustmemorial.xyz

7. WHY WERE THEY TAKEN? Jehovah’s Witnesses holocaustmemorial.xyz

8. WHY WERE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES TAKEN? Jehovah’s Witnesses were taken because they disagreed with Hitler, and he saw them as a threat to the Nazi’s. They refused to fight for the Nazi party. Jehovah’s Witnesses could be excused if they signed a form to say they no longer believed in Jehovah and would give their life for the Nazi’s holocaustmemorial.xyz

9. WHY WERE THEY TAKEN? Homosexuals holocaustmemorial.xyz

10. WHY WERE HOMOSEXUALS TAKEN? The Nazi’s disliked homosexuals because they couldn’t make children for the Nazi’s to use in the war. Hitler wanted all people to create the next future generation, and because homosexuals couldn’t do so, Hitler wanted to get rid of them holocaustmemorial.xyz

11. WHY WERE THEY TAKEN? Asocial holocaustmemorial.xyz

12. WHY WERE ASOCIAL’S TAKEN? The Nazi’s disliked asocial people because the Nazi’s felt they didn’t contribute to society. holocaustmemorial.xyz