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Scientific racism proposed that the Aryans were an inferior race and the only way for Germans to advance was to destroy them.
Scientific racism proposed that the Aryans were an inferior race and the only way for Germans to advance was to destroy them.
Scientific racism was common at the time but was not a factor in Nazi persecution or their policies.
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 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.
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The statement that best describes the role of scientific racism in Nazi persecution is:
Scientific racism was used to construct a theoretically superior Aryan race and to justify racism against other supposedly inferior races.
This accurately reflects how the Nazis utilized pseudoscientific ideas to promote their ideology of Aryan superiority and to rationalize their discriminatory policies and actions against various groups, including Jews, Romani people, and others they deemed "inferior."
