Holocaust - Groups Who Were Perseccuted By The Nazis Flashcards
Name of group: the racist state
State why they were persecuted against and what happened to them
Persecuted against because they were viewed as an inferior race and nazis were obsessed with the idea of racial superiority
This group was exterminated
Name of group: ideological/optical opponents
State why they were persecuted against and what happened to them
Persecuted against because the nazis were setting up a 1 party state, so they removed all political opposition
They were imprisoned in concentration camps and many were forced to leave Germany with their families
Name of group: homosexuals
State why they were persecuted against and what happened to them
Persecuted against as laws made homosexuality punishable and they wanted to get rid of homosexuality
They were imprisoned or deported to a concentration camp where they were often isolated
Name of group: slavs
State why they were persecuted against and what happened to them
Persecuted as they were classed as racially inferior, fit best for forced labour and links between Eastern Europeans and communism also made them a focus of nazi hatred
Some were killed, imprisoned, used for labour and went to extermination camps
Name of group: Jews
State why they were persecuted against and what happened to them
Persecuted as there has been hatred against them since ancient times, seen as inferior and subhuman and Hitler’s also needed someone to blame for his problems
They were removed of their human rights, singled out and got out into gas chambers
Name of group: Jehovah’s witnesses
State why they were persecuted against and what happened to them
Persecuted against because they refused to swear allegiance to Hitler or to take up arms and also because of their beliefs
10000 Jehovah’s witnesses were sent to concentration camps and they suffered brutal suppression
Name of group: people with disabilities
State why they were persecuted against and what happened to them
Persecuted against as they had medical or physical disabilities and were classed as different
They were victims of enforced sterilisation, as were women who became pregnant by such individuals. The nazi state began killing them when they were residents of asylums
Name of group: Roma and Sinti
State why they were persecuted against and what happened to them
Persecuted as they were identified as a separate race
They had experienced exclusion and expulsion. The nazi used the legacy of prejudice superstition and violence towards the Roma and sinti as a reason for attempting to exterminate them. Plus, going to concentration camps
Name of group: the work shy
State why they were persecuted against and what happened to them
Persecuted as they were not working (fit to work)
Put in concentration camps
