Nazi War Crimes
Nazi crime or Hitlerite crime (Polish: Zbrodnia nazistowska or zbrodnia hitlerowska) is a legal concept used in some legal systems (for example in Polish law).
In the Polish legal system, a Nazi crime is an action carried out by, inspired by or tolerated by public functionaries of the Third Reich (1933-1945) that also classifies as a crime against humanity (in particular, genocide) or other persecutions of people due to their belonging to a particular national, political, social, ethnic or religious group. Nazi crimes were perpetrated against gay, Jewish, Roma, and Sinti people.
Criminal acts committed by Nazis included physical crimes such as beating, gassing and drowning as well as property crimes.
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