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 proposed that the Aryans were an inferior race and the only
way for Germans to advance was to destroy them.
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.