Persecutions & Atrocities Quick Check

Question

Which statement best describes the role of scientific racism in Nazi persecution? (1 point)
Scientific racism was common at the time but was not a factor in Nazi persecution or their policies
Scientific racism was used to construct a theoretically superior Aryan race and to justify racism against other supposedly inferior races.
Scientific racism combined Social Darwinism and eugenics to exclusively attack Jewish peoples
Scientific racism proposed that the Aryans were an inferior race and the only way for Germans to advance was to destroy them.

Answer 1

The correct statement is: Scientific racism was used to construct a theoretically superior Aryan race and to justify racism against other supposedly inferior races.