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Julius Streicher
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Julius Streicher
Julius Streicher
(12 February 1885 – 16 October
1946 (Religion: Roman Catholic) was a
prominent
prior to
He was the
founder and publisher of
newspaper,
which became a central element of the
Nazi
machine. His publishing firm also
released three
books for children,
including the 1938
translated into
English as
The Toadstool
or
The Poisonous Mushroo
,
one of the most widespread pieces of propaganda,
which purported to warn about insidious
dangers
posed by using the
of an
attractive yet deadly mushroom. After the war, he
was convicted of
and
execute
He was acquitted of
but found guilty of
and
on 1 October 1946. The
judgment against him read, in part:
"... For his 25 years of speaking, writing and
preaching hatred of the Jews, Streicher was widely
known as 'Jew-Baiter Number One.' In his speeches
and articles, week after week, month after month, he
infected the German mind with the
of anti-
Semitism, and incited the German people to active
persecution. ... Streicher's incitement to murder and
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