SS

<p>Chosen to implement the Nazi "<a title="Final Solution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution">Final Solution</a>" for the Jews and other groups deemed inferior, the SS carried out the killing, torture and enslavement of approximately twelve million people. Most victims were Jews and/or of <a title="Poles" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poles">Polish</a> and <a title="Slavic people" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_people" class="mw-redirect">Slavic</a> extraction, but a significant number of victims included racial groups such as the <a title="Romani people" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people">Romani</a>. Furthermore the purge was extended to those viewed as deviant to the ideology of the master race including as per <a title="Nazi eugenics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_eugenics">Nazi eugenics</a>, not limited to but including political opponents, <a title="Homosexuals" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuals" class="mw-redirect">homosexuals</a>, the mentally and physically disabled and handicapped. In addition those belonging to labour organisations and/or perceived to be affiliated with groups (religious, political, social and otherwise) that opposed the regime, or were seen to have views contradictory to the goals of the Nazi government were rounded up in large numbers including the <a title="Clergy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clergy">clergy</a> of all faiths, <a title="Jehovah's Witnesses" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>, <a title="Freemasons" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasons" class="mw-redirect">Freemasons</a>, <a title="Communist" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect">Communists</a>, and <a title="Rotary Club" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_Club" class="mw-redirect">Rotary Club</a> members.</p>