| | '''''The'' Holocaust''' refers specifically to the genocide of the European Jews by the [[Nazi]] regime of [[Germany]]. It was a policy of extermination carried on the direct orders of [[Adolf Hitler]] motivated by his anti-Semitic beliefs. | | '''''The'' Holocaust''' refers specifically to the genocide of the European Jews by the [[Nazi]] regime of [[Germany]]. It was a policy of extermination carried on the direct orders of [[Adolf Hitler]] motivated by his anti-Semitic beliefs. |
| − | In addition to the genocide of 6 million Jews, several million other people were also victims of Nazi atrovities, including Slavs, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma (Gypsies), physically and mentally disabled people, common criminals, homosexuals, communists and other political opponents of National Socialism regime. | + | In addition to the genocide of 6 million Jews, several million other people were also victims of Nazi atrocities, including Slavs, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma (Gypsies), physically and mentally disabled people, common criminals, homosexuals, communists and other political opponents of National Socialism regime. |