How many non-Jewish civilians were murdered during World War II?
While it is impossible to ascertain the exact number, he recognized figure is approximately 5,000,000. Among the groups which the Nazis and their collaborators murdered and persecuted were: Gypsies, Serbs, Polish intelligentsia, resistance fighters from all the nations, German opponents of Nazism, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, habitual criminals, and the “anti-social,” e.g. beggars, vagrants, and hawkers. • Question: Which Jewish communities suffered losses during the Holocaust? Every Jewish community in occupied Europe suffered losses during the Holocaust. The Jewish communities in North Africa were persecuted, but were not subjected to the same large-scale deportations or mass murder. Some individuals, however, were deported to German death camps, where they perished. • Question: How many Jews were murdered in each country and what percentage of the pre-war Jewish population did they constitute? (Countries are listed in alphabetical order. Source: Encyclopedia of the Holocaust) •
