Which statement best describes the role of scientific racism in Nazi persecution? (1 point)

Question

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

Answer 1

Scientific racism was used to construct a theoretically superior Aryan race and to justify racism against other supposedly inferior races.