ABSTRACT
Nazi genocide, also known as the Final Solution or the Holocaust, can be defined as the mass murder of human beings because they belong to a biologically defined group. Heredity determined the selection of the victims.1 This definition excludes members of groups murdered for their political affiliations (communists, socialists, Soviet POWs), their national origins (Poles, Russians, Ukrainians), their behaviour (criminals, homosexuals) or their activities (members of the resistance). The Nazi regime applied a consistent and inclusive policy of extermination only against three groups of human beings: the handicapped, Jews and Gypsies.2
