In the week leading up to Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) the Holocaust Center is posting challange questions and discussion topics on Facebook. Join the discussion here or on Facebook.
Today's question:
While Jewish people were the primary target for destruction by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust, other groups were targeted as well for racial or political reasons. Can you identify one or more of these groups of victims?
Answers:
Poles
Roma/Sinti (Gypsies)
Homosexuals
Handicapped
Jehovah's Witnesses
More details on these victims groups and others who were persecuted click here.
Want more information on Nazi ideology and the reason the Nazis determined these groups "enemies" and "undesirable" - click here.
The Holocaust Center for Humanity's mission is to inspire teaching and learning for humanity in the schools and communities of the Northwest through study of the Holocaust.
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