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They made laws against Jews ("Rassengesetze", ''race laws'') which required Jews to wear a [[Star of David]] on their clothing.
They made laws against Jews ("Rassengesetze", ''race laws'') which required Jews to wear a [[Star of David]] on their clothing.
The Jews were mistreated, persecuted, and killed by the Nazis.
The Jews were mistreated, persecuted, and killed by the Nazis.
The Nazi state also persecuted leftists and other political opponents, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[Freemasons]], and foreign nationals. Though many top Nazis were openly gay <ref>Hans Peter Bleuel, ''Sex and Society in Nazi Germany'', (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1973).</ref><ref>[[Scott Lively]] [http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html ''The Homosexual Roots of the Nazi Party'']</ref>, [[homosexuals]] who were not party members came under increasing scrutiny and persecution in the later years of the régime.
The Nazi state also persecuted other political opponents, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[Freemasons]], and foreign nationals. Though many top Nazis were openly gay <ref>Hans Peter Bleuel, ''Sex and Society in Nazi Germany'', (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1973).</ref><ref>[[Scott Lively]] [http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html ''The Homosexual Roots of the Nazi Party'']</ref>, [[homosexuals]] who were not party members came under increasing scrutiny and persecution in the later years of the régime.
The Nazis exterminated about 11 million civilians by rounding them up, transporting them to concentration camps and then murdering them there. About 6 million of these were Jews (see [[Holocaust]]).
The Nazis exterminated about 11 million civilians by rounding them up, transporting them to concentration camps and then murdering them there. About 6 million of these were Jews (see [[Holocaust]]).