How+many+people+besides+the+Jewish+were+killed+in+the+holocaust?

A. The holocaust we all know to be one of the worst acts of mass murder ever. We all know that it was inflicted upon the Jews, but many forget that many other people were killed during this event. 6 million Jews were killed during the holocaust, and 5 million other groups of people were killed as well. Many of the people were persecuted because of their political and ideological reasons. Political opponents were persecuted, especially communists, socialists, social democrats, and trade union leaders. The Nazis demanded that the German people accept their worldwide view. The Nazis tolerated no criticism, or nonconformity. People who were mentally or physically handicap were disposed of because they are not productive to society and do not conform to the public. Another large group of people who were targeted were Roma, or gypsies, on racial grounds. Roma to the Nazis were racially undesirable, or asocial. Another group that was prosecuted by the Nazi's were the homosexuals. Life was especially hard for the homosexuals in the concentration camps because they weren't only beaten and abused by the guards, the Jews, the Gypsy's, and all of the other groups all persecuted the gays. Experiments were also conducted on the gays, they did this because the Nazi scientists believed that there was a gay gene, and they wanted to destroy that gene. Another group that was persecuted were Jehovah's Witnesses. This group was also treated as the Jews were, the only difference is that they had the choice of being deported or renouncing their faith. The reason the Witnesses were persecuted is because of their beliefs, as in they don't believe in violence, so they didn't support the war efforts.

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