ForeverYoung436
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Germans who were physically or mentally handicapped, or who were gay, or political dissidents, or J Witnesses were sent to concentration camps as well. As were many Gypsies or Russian POW's or Poles for various reasons. But Hitler had a fanatical hatred against the Jews. He wrote of it in Mein Kampf and spoke about it constantly. The Jews were hunted and rooted out more viciously than any of his other victims. Plus, since we are such a small nation, there is hardly a Jewish family that wasn't affected, as mine was. The Holocaust started with Krystallnacht-- a pogrom which affected only the Jews. The infamous Nuremburg Laws were directed only against the Jews. But what started with the "Jewish problem" swept up the entire world in its destructive path.
there were 11 million people murdered by Nazis, six million of whom were jews. The only difference between the other groups and the jews is that the other groups weren't virtually extinguished. But yes, the other groups were only targeted if they were gay, dissidents, or gypsies.
That's true, but if you count all the soldiers and partisan groups from around the world, and all the civilians killed in bombing raids, the full tag would be 50 million--the largest killing spree in history.
11 million quoted can't be true then!
11 or 12 million civilians killed in inhuman ways=Holocaust. Soldiers and civilians dead from bombings or war-related deaths=38 million. There, I broke it up for you. Understand now? Did you really have to be spoonfed?
Thanks, but here is the exact comment I responded to...
"there were 11 million people murdered by Nazis, six million of whom were jews."
Does it mention "inhumane ways"? Nope
Does it mention "Holocaust"? Nope
Seems that there was some serious information missing in that post, I think even you were looking for it!
Also, you can't say all 50 million ppl killed in WW2 were done in by the Nazis. Were the Americans killed in Pearl Harbor or the Japanese killed in Hiroshima, done in by the Nazis? No. So 11 or 12 million ppl were killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust. 50 million soldiers killed in action or civilians killed in bombing raids died in WW2, a war set off by the Nazis and their allies. Crystal clear now.