The document discusses the persecution of Slavic peoples during World War 2. It notes that over 5 million Russians, 3 million Ukrainians, and 1.5 million Belarusians died. The Nazis viewed Slavs as subhuman and intended to transform them into a race of laborers and servants under German control. Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in part due to his hatred of Slavs, whom he wanted to eliminate to make room for the superior German race in an effort to gain Lebensraum, or living space.