Who were German aryans?

German Aryans refer to the racial ideology propagated by the Nazis in early 20th-century Germany, which posited that people of Northern European descent, particularly those with "pure" Germanic heritage, were part of a superior "Aryan" race. This concept was rooted in pseudoscientific beliefs about racial hierarchy and was used to justify discrimination, anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust. The term "Aryan" originally referred to ancient Indo-Iranian peoples but was appropriated by the Nazis to promote their agenda of racial purity.