1. The Holocaust
Non-Jewish Victims

2. General Information 6 million Jewish victims (approximately)
5+ million non-Jewish victims
Victims = people who stood in the way of or did not fit into Nazi ideology
Husbands & wives of Jews forced to get divorce or go to concentration camp
“Interracial” marriages not allowed under Hitler

3. Poles Hitler’s first target Poland invaded in Sept. 1939
Rounded up for slave labor & scientific experiments
Blond Poles were “Germanized”
Taken to be raised as Nazis by German
6 million killed (approx.)

4. Afro-Europeans Result of Post-WWI mixing According to Hitler
Mulattos result from rape or “loose” mothers
African-German children “insult” to German Nation
Commission No. 3
Sterilization of mulatto children
Approximately 400 sterilized, many without parent knowledge

5. Jehovah Witness
Killed for belief & recognition of no god other than Jehovah
Refused to sign documents of loyalty to Nazi ideology
Forced to wear purple arm bands& triangles
Imprisoned as dangerous traitors
         

6. Gypsies Chosen for total annihilation
Seen as racially inferior and degenerate –> worthless
500,000 victims (approx.)
Brown triangles & armbands
         

7. Homosexuals Predominantly male victims
Allowed to be further humiliated inside camps
5,000 to 15,000 victims
Pink triangles & armbands
Included S.S. members suspected of being homosexual

8. The Handicapped
Hitler believed it was a waste of time & money to support them
Deemed useless & put directly to death
Thousands of victims
Euthanasia program

9. Christian & Catholic Leaders
Hitler wanted to create new religion and replace Jesus Christ as the person to worship
Hitler wanted worship of Nazi ideology, not Jesus
Targeted for influential nature
Thousands allowed to die slowly of disease & starvation

10. Those That Resisted Defenders of victims
Spoke out against the Nazis and Hitler
Victims included citizens of all nations (including Germany)