Adolf Hitler caused the murder of at least 5.5 million Jews during the Holocaust.
Under Hitler 's leadership and racially motivated ideology , the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and millions of other victims whom he and his followers deemed Untermenschen -LRB- `` sub-humans '' -RRB- and socially undesirable .	racially motivated ideology	Nazism and race	genocide	genocide	at least 5.5 million Jews and millions of other victims	Holocaust victims	Untermenschen	Untermenschen
These institutionalized practices came to be called The Holocaust , and began with legalized social discrimination against specific groups , and involuntary hospitalization , euthanasia , and forced sterilization of those considered physically or mentally unfit for society .	The Holocaust	The Holocaust	euthanasia	euthanasia	forced sterilization	forced sterilization
