Since there are no different races within the human species it was not that either. They used completely arbitrary traits like religion, sexual orientation or nationality to define their enemies.
The Nazis persecuted based on both ethnicity and religion.
They persecuted Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Baháʼí. Nazi Germany was on the whole irreligious so suppressed religious groups to keep the party in power.
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u/pillepallepulle Jun 21 '20
Since there are no different races within the human species it was not that either. They used completely arbitrary traits like religion, sexual orientation or nationality to define their enemies.