• thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    The holocaust impacted many groups of people. It’s definitely most well known for the systematic attempt at wiping out all Jews. Talking about “Jews and other victims” in relation to the holocaust isn’t about neglecting the “other victims”, it’s emphasising the fact that the Holocaust targeted Jews specifically more than any other group.

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      The Nazis also aimed to wipe out Roma and Sinti people, though there were fewer of them than Jews and they tended to be socially marginalised. Other non-“Aryan” ethnicities were targeted for enslavement rather than outright extermination.

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        Disability, gender non-conformity and homosexuality were also widely prosecuted. In fact, the books they were burning on that famous book burning picture from 1933 were books on gender studies.