Holocaust victims were people who were targeted by the government of Nazi Germany for various discriminatory practices due to their ethnicity , religion , political beliefs , or sexual orientation . These institutionalized practices came to be called The Holocaust , and they began with legalized social discrimination against specific groups , and involuntary hospitalization , euthanasia , and forced sterilization of those considered physically or mentally unfit for society . These practices escalated during World War II to include non-judicial incarceration , confiscation of property , forced labor , sexual slavery , medical experimentation , and death through overwork , undernourishment , and execution through a variety of methods , with the genocide of different groups as the primary goal
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Holocaust victims