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Julius Streicher
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Julius Streicher was a German Nazi politician and publisher who became one of the regime's most prominent propagandists, particularly through his virulently antisemitic newspaper. He was convicted as a war criminal after World War II and executed in 1946, representing a significant example of how propaganda and hate speech were weaponized during the Nazi era.
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- Born
- 1885
- Died
- 1946
- Works
- 10
Top works
- 1933, das Jahr der Deutschen
- Reichstagung un Nürnberg, 1933
- Was soll mit den Juden geschehen?
- Lucha contra el enemigo del mundo
- Dem Frankenführer Julius Streicher
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julius
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Fleinhausen
- Occupation
- editor
- Employer
- Der Stürmer
- Political party
- German Socialist Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- lapsed Catholic
- Award
- Blood Order
- Participant in
- International Military Tribunal
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Julius Streicher.gif
- Work location
- Franconia
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- Julius Streicher
- date of birth
- 1885-02-12
- date of death
- 1946-10-16
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- Julius Streicher
- name in native language
- Julius Streicher
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- assessment
- intelligence test
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- member of
- Reichstag
- last words
- Adèle, ma chère femme
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
- writing language
- German
- facial hair
- toothbrush moustache
- significant person
- John C. Woods
- place of burial
- Wenzbach
- P8168
- Zale
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
Julius Sebastian Streicher (12 February 1885 – 16 October 1946) was a German publicist, politician, and convicted war criminal. A member of the Nazi Party, he served as the Gauleiter (regional leader) of Franconia and a member of the Reichstag, the national legislature. He was the founder and publisher of the virulently antisemitic newspaper Der Stürmer, which became a central element of the Nazi propaganda machine. The publishing firm was financially very successful and made Streicher a multimillionaire.
After the war, Streicher was convicted of crimes against humanity during the Nuremberg trials. Specifically, he was found to have continued his vitriolic antisemitic propaganda when he was well aware that Jews were being murdered. For this, he was executed by hanging. Streicher was the first member of the Nazi regime held accountable for inciting genocide by the Nuremberg Tribunal.
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