1. By Tommy Earle

2.  Jewish people were the people who were targeted the most  Approximately 6 million Jewish people died due to the fact they were Jewish  Jewish people were eventually stripped of their German citizenship  They were restricted from things such as cinemas, theatres, swimming pools, and resorts

3.  Another group of people that were targeted were the Gypsies  The Nuremburg Laws did not affect them but they were still deprived of certain civil rights  First they were crammed into the ghettos and then they were sent to concentration and extermination camps  Hundreds of thousands of Gypsies were killed during the Holocaust

4.  Mentally and Physically disabled people were also victims of the Holocaust  In 1939 a Nazi euthanasia program began  This term is used as a euphemism for the Nazi plan to murder those with physical or mental defects  At least a 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people were killed throughout the Holocaust

5.  Jehovah’s Witness’ were one of the many targets as well  After the Nazi rise to power their religious meetings were outlawed  They continued to meet  In April 1935 the group was completely banned  Those who defied that rule were sent to concentration camps  Casualties totaled at around 2,500 to 5,000