Julius Streicher
| Julius Streicher | |
|---|---|
Julius Streicher as a defendant before the International Military Tribunal
|
|
| Gauleiter of Franconia | |
|
In office 1929 – 16 February 1940 |
|
| Leader | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Hans Zimmermann (Acting, 1940) Karl Holz (acting from 1942, permanent from 1944) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 February 1885 Fleinhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | 16 October 1946 (aged 61) Nuremberg, American Occupied Zone, Germany |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
| Spouse(s) | Kunigunde Roth (m. 1913, died 1943) Adele Tappe (m. 1945) |
| Children | Lothar Elmar |
| Profession | Teacher, publisher, propagandist |
Julius Streicher (12 February 1885 – 16 October 1946) was a prominent member of the Nazi party (NSDAP) prior to World War II. He was the founder and publisher of the anti-Semitic newspaper Der Stürmer, which became a central element of the Nazi propaganda machine. His publishing firm also released three anti-Semitic books for children, including the 1938 Der Giftpilz (translated into English as The Toadstool or The Poisonous Mushroom), one of the most widespread pieces of propaganda, which warned about insidious dangers Jews posed by using the metaphor of an attractive yet deadly mushroom. After the war, he was convicted of crimes against humanity and executed.
Streicher was born in Fleinhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria, one of nine children of the teacher Friedrich Streicher and his wife Anna (née Weiss). He worked as an elementary school teacher like his father, and in 1921 he began his political career, joining the NSDAP. He would later claim that because his political work brought him into contact with German Jews, he "must therefore have been fated to become later on a writer and speaker on racial politics." In 1913 Streicher married Kunigunde Roth, a baker's daughter, in Nuremberg. They had two sons, Lothar (born 1915) and Elmar (born 1918).
Streicher joined the German Army in 1914. He won the Iron Cross as well as earning a battlefield commission as an officer at a time when officers were primarily from aristocratic families and he reached the rank of lieutenant as well as being awarded the Iron Cross, 1st Class, by the time the Armistice was signed in November 1918.
...
Wikipedia