Which of the following groups was also targeted for 'racial hygiene' and systematic murder by the Nazis?
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Correct answer: The Romani (Gypsies)
The Nazis viewed the Romani people as racially inferior and a threat to Aryan purity. Hundreds of thousands of Romani were murdered in mobile shootings and gas chambers in a genocide known as the Porajmos.
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