Guide Note: The Holocaust was genocide of Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators. The term may also refer to the genocide of not only Europe's Jewish population, but also the Roma, homosexuals, Jehovah's Wintesses, Sinti, Poles, and other groups deemed "degenerate" by the Nazis.
Fast Facts:
- Jewish victims: Roughly 6 million
- Roma and Sinti victims: 200,000 - 2 million
- Polish victims: 1.8 - 3 million (As a result of both genocide and the war. Some results place the number as high as 6 million or so. The 6 million figure includes the number of Polish nationals and citizens of Jewish descent.)
- Jehovah's Witness victims: 2,500 - 5,000
- Soviet POW victims: 2 - 3 million
