The Holocaust targeted various groups, including Jews, Roma, and political dissidents, due to perceived racial inferiority and opposition to Nazi ideology.
The groups of people affected by the Holocaust were primarily Jews, Roma (Gypsies), mentally and physically disabled individuals, homosexuals, political dissidents, non-Jewish Polish leadership, Soviet prisoners of war, and others deemed socially unacceptable. The Nazis targeted these groups due to their perceived racial inferiority, opposition to Nazi ideology, or for being viewed as a threat to the regime's control.