In the Nazi racial hierarchy, which term was used to describe those deemed 'sub-human'?
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Correct answer: Untermenschen
The term 'Untermenschen' was applied to Jews, Roma, Slavs, and others deemed racially inferior by Nazi pseudo-science. This categorization was used to justify their systematic exclusion, persecution, and eventually, extermination.
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