Editing Great Patriotic War (section)

=== Nazi atrocities ===
The Nazis wiped out entire villages and raped countless women and children. Communism was so deeply rooted among the Soviet people that they would not accept Nazi rule, and so the Nazis chose to murder civilians. In their place, they sent German settlers, who would be sent back after the war ended.

The Nazis planned several famines on Soviet territory, to clear the way for German settlers. They also starved out Leningrad while besieging it. Millions of civilians died in these famines.

In total, the Nazis murdered 10-12 million civilians, especially communists, Jews, Poles, and other antifascists. Many were dumped in mass graves in forests. Some were taken to concentration camps. This is known as the Holocaust.

They also killed over 20 million Soviet soldiers.