Aryan This actually has no racial meaning, instead referring to those speaking Indo-European languages. Hitler misused the term to refer to Caucausians of the Nordic type. {Legacy, 1997)
Jehovah Witnesses
Every European country, even Germany, had those
who did not believe in the Nazi ideology and
who were willing to die for their beliefs. Perhaps
no other group stood so firmly in their beliefs as
the Jehovah Witnesses. Hitler felt particularly
threatened by this strong group of Christians
because they, from the very beginning, refused
to recognize any God other than Jehovah. When
asked to sign documents of loyalty to the Nazi
ideology, they refused. Jehovah Witnesses were
forced to wear purple armbands and thousands
were imprisoned as "dangerous" traitors because
they refused to take a pledge of loyalty to the
Third Reich.
Ghettos
Sections of cities, administered by a Judenrat (Jewish Council), surrounded
by barbed wire or brick walls from which Jews could not exit without authorization.
Thousands died in the ghettos.. There was no medicine, the food ration
was barely enough to allow survival, the water supply was contaminated,
and there were epidemics of tuberculosis, typhoid, and lice. In the
Warsaw ghetto, more than 70,000 died of exposure, disease, and starvation
during the first two winters.
