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Julius Streicher was one of the most vile promoters of anti-Semitism innNAZI Germany. He spread his hate-filled message through his vulgar, ponographic tabloid, Der Stürmer (The Stormer or Stormtrooper). Streicher founded Der Stürmer (1923). Anti-Semetic articles were featured prominently in NAZI-era publicatins. The NAZIs generally took what strangely may be called an "intellectual" approach, offering reasons for taking actions against Jews. They even presented suposed scientific evidence for expelling Jews from German society. And there was no shortages of scientists willing to lend their support. Streicher's approach was different. It was both vulgar and violent, even pornographic in the rather prudish NAZI state.
Streicher maintained in Der Strümer that Jews were responsible for virtully all of Germany's problems, including the depression, unemployment and inflation. There were enumerable other claims, such as Jews were white-slavers and responsible for over 90 percent of prositution in Germany.
It was widely read. Even those who did not buy a copy could read it on the street kiosks and Litfaßsäule where it was posted.
where it was posted. It was also posted on the bulletin boards at concentration camps. Hitler indicated that Der Stürmer was his favorite newspaper. He made sure that it was widely available throughout Germany. Editions were posted for the public. There were glassed-in display cases especially for the publication called "Stürmerkasten". Actually this caused a priblem because parents while apparently not overly offended with the vile antti-Semitism, were offended by the pornography envolved, both in the artcles and cartoons.
The phornography, including many of the cartoons pursued the theme that Jews were a threat to German women and girls. [Bytwerk]
The actual circulation according to one source peaked at nearly 0.5 million copies (1935). We have seen much higher estimtes, as high as 0.9 million. After the War began, print runs declined because of newsprint shortages.
In addition to the weekly tabloid, Stricher published nine special editions (about topics like Jewish sex crimes, Jewish conspiracy, ritual murder, Jews in Czechoslowakia and Austria, and ritual murder) were published. The print run for these were as high as 2 million copies. [Bytwerk]
Even after Stricher was removed from his position as Gaulitier of Frnconia for a variety of offenses and misconduct, Hitler allowed him to continue publishing. Streicher continued publishing Der Strömer until the end of World War II (1945).
Bytwerk, Randall L. Julius Streicher: Nazi Editor of the Notorious Anti-Semitic Newspaper Der Sturmer. Although the title suggest that this book is a biographyb of Stricher, it is more accurately an assessment of his hate tabloid, Der Strümer.
Goebbels, Joseph. ed, Louis B. Lochner, The Goebbels Diaries, 1942-1943 (Doubleday: New York, 1948), 566p.
