As Klemperer noted, Hitler and Goebbels rarely used the noun “Jew” without a descriptive adjective that belittled them. Adjectives such as “cunning,” “wily,” “deceitful,” and “cowardly” added an air of suspicion and danger, while adjectives like “flat-footed,” “hook-nosed,” and “water-shy” underscored negative physical features. For the more abstract thinker, adjectives like “parasitic” and “nomadic” were at the ready.
