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Julius Streicher ( February 12, 1885 October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi prior to and during World War II. He was the publisher of the Nazi Der Stürmer newspaper, which was to become a part of the Nazi propaganda machine. The newspaper was controversial even in Nazi circles because of its pornographic obsessions and sensationalism. His publishing firm released an anti-Semitic children's book Der Giftpilz (" The Poisonous Mushroom ").
He was born into a teacher's family in Fleinhausen , Bavaria, and worked himself as an elementary school teacher until joining the German Army in 1914. Streicher won the Iron Cross and reached the rank of lieutenant by the time the Armistice was signed in 1918Events January January 8 President Woodrow Wilson announces his " Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. February February 3 The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service in San Francisco as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long)..
In 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus Streicher helped to establish Wistrich , an anti-Semitic organization, but it became part of the National Socialist German Workers PartyThe National Socialist German Workers' Party ( German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei , better known as the NsDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. The term Nazi is a short fo (NSDAP) in 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu.
In 1923Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 Events January 1 Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larg Streicher founded and edited the racist newspapers, Der Stürmer (192345) which he used to build up a deep hatred of the Jewish race. Eventually the newspaper reached a circulation of 800,000.
In the newspaper Streicher argued that the Jews were responsible for the depression, unemploymentIn economics, a person who is able and willing to work yet is unable to find a paying job is considered unemployed . The unemployment rate measures the number of unemployed workers as a proportion of the total civilian labor force, where the latter includ and inflation in Germany. He claimed that Jews were white-slavers and were responsible for over 90 percent of the prostitutes in the country.
During the time of the Munich Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Streicher became friendly with Adolf Hitler and became one of his active advocates.
In 1940 he was stripped of all party offices after printing untrue stories about Hermann Göring. He would remain on good terms with Adolf Hitler, however.