I've always been taught Jews were the primary and main victims of the Holocaust. How does the persecution and killing of Communists, Leftists, Socialists, and Soviet Union population compare to the persecution of Jews? Was it greater or lesser in magnitude? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

I've always been taught Jews were the primary and main victims of the Holocaust. How does the persecution and killing of Communists, Leftists, Socialists, and Soviet Union population compare to the persecution of Jews? Was it greater or lesser in magnitude?

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I've always been taught Jews were the primary and main victims of the Holocaust. How does the persecution and killing of Communists, Leftists, Socialists, and Soviet Union population compare to the persecution of Jews? Was it greater or lesser in magnitude?

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Kochevnik81

If you are looking for statistics and classifications of victims of Nazism, I would recommend this article about the Victims of the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

I would also recommend this answer by u/commiespaceinvader as to why the term "Holocaust" tends to be primarily associated with Jewish (and Roma) victims of the Nazis as opposed to other victim groups.