ABSTRACT
The Nazis considered Gypsies to be people of "alien blood" and "asocial" by definition. With the invasion of Poland in September 1939 the Nazis decided to deport all 30,000 Gypsies in Germany and incorporated Poland to the General government. Sometime in 1942 the Nazis decided to treat the Gypsies like Jews. Of a probably Gypsy population of 936,000 throughout occupied Europe, the Nazis exterminated at least 200,000 Gypsies, probably some 258,000-28 percent. The Nazis believed that homosexuals weakened the race, and when they were uncovered the Nazis killed them outright or sent them to concentration camps for special treatment. In genocide alone the Nazis form a class by themselves. They murdered 16,315,000 Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, and homosexuals, an unbelievable toll. While the Soviets and the People's Republic of China each killed many more people, there was much less genocide, even if one counts those killed by virtue of their class membership, such as aristocrats, priests, and bourgeoisie.
