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by kennedy on February 21st, 2004

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What other groups of people were killed or persecuted by the Nazis besides Jews? Were they kept in concentration camps as well? How many were killed?

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  • by James Beatty on April 20th, 2004

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    Other groups persecuted and killed by the Germans include Gypsies, homosexuals, communists, trade unionists, the handicapped and mentally disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses, Poles, Soviet POWs, and political dissidents. They were also kept in concentration camps. The current symbol for the gay rights movement, a pink triangle, is from the badge that homosexuals wore in the camps, like the Jews wore yellow Stars of David.

    Current estimates for non-Jews killed are roughly:

    2.5 – 3.5 million non-Jewish Poles
    3.5 – 6 million other Slavic civilians
    2.5 – 4 million Soviet POWs
    1 – 1.5 million political dissidents
    200 000 – 800 000 Roma & Sinti
    200 000 – 300 000 handicapped
    10 000 – 25 000 homosexuals
    2 000 Jehovah's Witnesses

    The above figures are from the Wikipedia.

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    • The numbers for the Rroma and Sinti are more like 1.5 million plus.
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      We were often not even recorded in the books. Most of us were illiterate, the vast majority. Most of us were recorded with an "x" or a checkmark or not at all.

      Arisztid

      by Arisztid on December 13th, 2007

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