In the Nazi worldview, policy toward disabled persons was linked with which inhuman belief?

Only bodies and lives considered useful are valuable

The Nazi worldview ranked people according to racist and supposedly biological ideas rather than accepting equal human dignity. Disabled people were falsely described as burdens or as lives lacking value. This belief turned human beings into objects judged by health, productivity, and usefulness to the state. It helped justify forced sterilisation, exclusion, and the murderous programme later directed against disabled people. These policies were crimes against humanity, not legitimate medical or social care.

Option D states that only bodies and lives considered useful were treated as valuable, so it best expresses the inhuman idea behind Nazi policy. Options A, B, and C describe protection, equal dignity, and universal care; they contradict Nazi practice and ideology. The important reasoning is to connect the policy with dehumanisation: once a state denies equal worth, it can present persecution and killing as administration. Therefore D is the correct choice.

This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler. Topic: The Nazi Worldview.