In Nazi ideology, antisemitism drew heavily on disgust-based imagery. Jews were depicted as vermin, parasites, or infectious agents. Hitler himself, in Mein Kampf, referred to Jews as “parasites” and “bacilli” that “infect the body of nations.” This rhetoric reframed genocide as an act of purification rather than aggression. Once a group is perceived as a pathogen, moral restraint collapses, as acts of violence can be rationalized as hygienic necessity.
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