The Nazis' attempts to wipe out the Jewish people were rooted in the idea that Jews are somehow less fit human beings and that destroying them would remove them from the gene pool. The idea in question is called

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Eugenics is the belief in improving the genetic quality of the human population, often by excluding people and groups judged to be inferior, and promoting those judged to be superior. The Nazis' genocidal policies against Jews were indeed rooted in a perverted form of eugenics, where they sought to eliminate what they considered "inferior" genes from the human gene pool.

The Nazis' Attempts to Wipe Out the Jewish People Were