What did Nazi record keeping begin with? Was it with lists of the Jewish people? Or did it begin with another “undesirable” group?

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I’m aware the Nazis kept extensive records on the concentration camps and the Jewish people in them. I’m also familiar with the Nazi purge of other “undesirable” groups such as the mentally handicapped and the homosexual community. Were similar records kept on these other groups? Which group was collected first?

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What did Nazi record keeping begin with? Was it with lists of the Jewish people? Or did it begin with another “undesirable” group?

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