The first waves of deportation to the killing sites

The first waves of deportation to the killing sites became learning
experiences for the Nazi officers as they carried out the remaining
deportations and mass murder

° 3. How and why did the Nazis persecute “other victims”?

o They were thought to be unlikely to have children and therefor
contribute to the racial struggle for Aryan dominance
 Gay men, in particular, were subject to harassment, arrest,
incarceration, and even castration
o Nazis arrested around 100,000 gay men, 50,000 who were
imprisoned
o Homosexual prisoners were marked by pink triangle badges
and were among the most abused groups in the camps
o Nazis conducted medical experiments to find a “cure” for
homosexuality that cause illness, mutilation, and even death
° Persecution of the Romani “Gypsies”:
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° 4. Explain the role of the Wehrmacht and Police Battalions in mass
killings on the Eastern Front from 1941-1944:
 During Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of the Soviet
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