Yes, Donald Trump has publicly identified and taken actions against numerous perceived political enemies, including former officials like James Comey, critics such as Adam Schiff, and political opponents like Kamala Harris, often promising or initiating investigations and legal actions, which critics argue is a pattern of retribution using government power. His administration has established task forces to review investigations into his critics, and he has directed the Justice Department to prosecute individuals he deems disloyal.
Yes, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime maintained detailed lists and records of people and groups they considered enemies of the state, both within Germany and in occupied territories. These lists were not a single informal document but rather extensive, systematically maintained records used for persecution and, ultimately, mass murder.
- Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. ("Hitler's Black Book"): This was a specific, 144-page list compiled by the SS that documented 2,820 "most wanted" people in Britain, including politicians, intellectuals, and entertainers, who were to be targeted following a planned German invasion.
- Targeted Groups: The Nazis systematically identified and targeted a wide array of groups based on their ideology. These groups included Jews (considered the primary enemy), Roma (Gypsies), political opponents (communists, social democrats, trade unionists), people with disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and others deemed "social outsiders" or racially "inferior".
- Dreissig Novemberköpfe ("Thirty November Heads"): Compiled by Nazi ideologue Alfred Rosenberg in 1927, this book served as an early "hit list" profiling government officials, journalists, academics, and others whom Rosenberg targeted for "poisoning" the German people with democratic ideas.
- Security Police (Sipo) and SD Records: Under Reinhard Heydrich, the Security Police and the SD established intelligence departments to study the "long-term plots" of each enemy group, resulting in detailed records that facilitated their persecution and incarceration in concentration camps.
