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Nazi Ideology and the Holocaust explores these questions and provides a frame- work for understanding why and how the ideology of the Nazi regime led to unprecedented human consequences, the murder of 2 out of every 3 European Jews and the destruction of millions of others. 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Iraq Mediterranean Sea Cyprus Lebanon Israel Croatia Jordan Saudi Arabia Azerbaijan Libya Egypt Serbia Portugal Italy Armenia Spain Bulgaria Albania Turkey Greece Iran Syria North Cyprus Tunisia Morocco Algeria Iraq Cyprus Mediterranean Sea Lebanon Israel Jordan Saudi Arabia Egypt Libya nazi ideology nazi A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum stimulates leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy. Through a public/private partnership, federal support guarantees the Museum’s permanence, and donors nationwide make possible its educational activities and global outreach. and the holocaust nazi ideology and the holocaust why did the nazi regime systematically persecute and ultimately annihilate six million Jews between 1933 and 1945? Why were Roma, persons with mental and UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM physical disabilities, Poles, and African Germans targeted by the Nazis for destruction or decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons? And why did millions more including homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political opponents also suffer grievous oppression and death under Nazi tyranny? Nazi Ideology and the Holocaust explores these questions and provides a frame- work for understanding why and how the ideology of the Nazi regime led to unprecedented human consequences, the murder of 2 out of every 3 European Jews and the destruction of millions of others. UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 ushmm.org 9 780896 047129 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM.