THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE "FINAL SOLUTION:" In Nazi rhetoric words assumed a biological aspect. Hitler used descriptors such as bacteria and viruses to describe Jews. Nazism is an extreme example of the social construction of reality. Hitler was able to make image and reality one and the same for much of the German population during the Third Reich.

Supporters of the Nazi movement propagated the myth that when Jewish citizens were eliminated, Germany would prosper and live forever. In simplistic terms, bodies become diseased and die. This was what supporters of Hitler believed was happening to their nation state. Something had to be done to fix the problem. The solution was the Final Solution. Portrayal of Jews as undesirable, toxic, malignant viruses manifested as social reality and ended in the Holocaust. Among contemporary white nationalists, the same rhetoric can still be found on Internet sites.