The murder of millions of Jews, gypsies, Catholics, homosexuals, and the disabled was carried out in Nazi death camps during the Holocaust. This mass murder, or genocide, was carried out because these groups of people

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The Holocaust was carried out because the Jewish people, gypsies, Catholics, homosexuals, and those with disabilities were considered inferior and defilers of German racial purity according to Nazi ideology. This led to a systematic effort to eliminate them, resulting in the genocide of millions. The other options listed (owed money to the government, ran illegal enterprises, had openly declared revolution against Hitler) did not play a significant role in the Holocaust.

The Murder of Millions of Jews, Gypsies, Catholics, Homosexuals, and the Disabled