The Holocaust resulted in the deaths of approximately six million Jewish people, who were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime using methods such as poison gas, mass shootings, and other acts of violence. Additionally, Nazi Germany and its allies killed millions of non-Jewish victims, including around 3.3 million Soviet prisoners of war, 1.8 million non-Jewish Poles, between 250,000 and 500,000 Romani people, and many others, bringing the total estimated number of people killed in the Holocaust and related Nazi genocidal actions to over 11 million.
Jewish Victims
- Around 6 million Jewish men, women, and children were murdered.
- Methods included poison gas at killing centers (about 2.7 million), mass shootings (about 2 million), and deaths in ghettos and camps (up to 1 million).
- The Auschwitz camp complex alone saw approximately 1 million Jewish deaths.
Non-Jewish Victims
- Soviet POWs: approximately 3.3 million killed.
- Ethnic Poles: roughly 1.8 million.
- Romani people: estimated between 250,000 and 500,000.
- People with disabilities: around 250,000 to 300,000.
- Other groups included Serbs, political opponents, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, and others, resulting in millions more deaths.
This comprehensive toll reflects the scale of the Nazi genocide and mass murder policies during World War II.