Why was the Jewish people targeted during the Holocaust?

Groups Targeted by the Nazis

• Jewish
• Rromani and Sinti ('gyspy' is a racial slur)
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• Protestants
• Polish
• Trade unionists
• Catholics
• common criminals
• Blacks
• South and East Asians
• Incurables, the handicapped and mentally ill
• Anyone who wasn't straight.
• Transexuals
• Political opponents, such as Socialists and liberals; people who helped targeted groups.
• Soviet prisoners of war

Freemasons