'MEIN KAMPF'

[...] The moral and physical cleanliness of this race was

a point in itself. It was externally apparent that these

were not water-loving people, and unfortunately one could

frequently tell that even with eyes closed. Later the smell

of these caftan wearers often made me ill. Added to this

were their dirty clothes and their none too heroic appear-

ance.

Perhaps all this was not very attractive; aside from the

physical uncleanliness, it was repelling suddenly to discover

the moral blemishes of the chosen people.

Nothing gave me more cause for reflection than the

gradually increased insight into the activities of Jews in

certain fields.

Was there any form of filth or profligacy, above all in

cultural life, in which at least one Jew did not partici-

pate?

When carefully cutting open such a growth, one could

tind a little Jew, blinded by the sudden light, like a maggot

in a rotting corpse.

The Jews' activity in the press, in art, literature, and the

theater, as I learned to know it, did not add to their credit. [...]

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