The source: G. G. Otto, Der Jude als Weltparasit (Munich: Eher Verlag, 1943). It was issued by Alfred Rosenberg’s office. The original is available here.
The Jew as World Parasite
The Jew wins with the lie and dies with the truth.
Adolf Hitler
Introduction
In this war for the very existence of the German people, we must daily remind ourselves that Jewry unleashed this war against us. It makes no difference if the Jew conceals himself as a Bolshevist or a plutocrat, a Freemason or uses some other form of concealment, or even appears without any mask at all: he always remains the same. He is the one who so agitated and spiritually influenced the peoples that stand against us today such that they have become more or less spineless tools of International Jewry.
The ways in which the Jew has brought large peoples and states against us has already been made clear in two previous pamphlets, The Fateful Battle in the East and Europe and America. These proved the case for those two states. Both are, therefore, the introductions to this pamphlet, The Jew as World Parasite, At the beginning of the war’s sixth year, we may not permit ourselves to neglect the Jewish question in any way. First of all, we must always combat the remnants of past education, the once general view in which Jewry is seen only as a religious denomination. Instead, the racial mixture that is Jewry must be emphasized. The religious beliefs of the Jews are completely irrelevant. Instead, we must focus solely on blood, on the racial foundation.
From the beginning of its existence, the National Socialist German Workers’ Party has always attempted to educate the German people about these facts. As early as 1922 the Führer said: “We were also those who for the first time made major efforts to explain to the people a danger that had crept up on us, and which millions of people did not recognize, even though it threatened to ruin us all: the danger of the Jews.” In his book Mein Kampf (p. 335), he said: “Over the long term, he can preserve his existence within other peoples only if he succeeds in persuading them that he is not a people, but only a ‘religious community,’ albeit a peculiar one.”
The first and greatest lie, that Jewry is not a racial question, but a religion, inevitably leads to further lies. Another lie concerns the Jew’s language. It is not a way for him to express his thoughts, but rather a means to conceal them. Although he may speak German, French, or some other language, he thinks in a Jewish way. He may spout German poetry, but he remains a member of his race. Heinrich Heine is the best example.
The importance of such comprehensive educational activity, which was carried out even before the NSDAP by some decent Germans, can best be seen in our people’s recent history. Past generations saw even the mention of the Jewish Question as impolite. One intentionally ignored all these questions, even if the individual Jew was usually perceived instinctively as a foreign body.
