Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Issue of Der Sturmer, a viciously anti-Jewish newspaper published by Julius Streicher, an early Nazi Party member, from 1923-1945 in Germany. The newspaper's frequent subtitle was "Die Juden sind unser Unglück!" [The Jews are our misfortune]. The paper thrived on scandal, and preferred sensational stories of Jews committing disgusting, evil acts. It was also infamous for its antisemitic cartoons. Streicher was arrested by the US Army in May 1945. He was tried by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, convicted, and executed per the ruling that his repeated articles calling for the annihilation of the Jewish race were a direct incitement to murder and a crime against humanity.
- Title
- Der Sturmer, Nummer 35, August 1943, 21. Jahr 1943
- Alternate Title
- The Striker, Number 35, August 1943, 21st year 1943
- Date
-
publication/distribution:
1943 August 26
- Geography
-
publication:
Nuremberg (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irving Kramer
- Contributor
-
Editor:
Julius Streicher
Publisher: Stürmer-Verlag
- Biography
-
Julius Streicher was the founder of "Der Stürmer" and Gauleiter of Franconia. He was sentenced to death at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg.
[Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Vol. 3-4. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1995, pp. 1788.]
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Newspapers
- Object Type
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German newspapers (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Newspapers.
- Physical Description
- Issue of Der Sturmer newspaper
v. : ill. ; 43 cm.
Weekly
Nr. 1 (1923)-
Ceased in Feb. 1945.
Notes: Subtitle varies.
Editor: Julius Streicher. - Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Anti-Jewish propaganda--Germany--Sources. Antisemitism in the press--Germany. Jews--Persecutions--Germany--Periodicals. Jews--Press coverage--Germany--Periodicals. National socialism--Periodicals. Press and propaganda--Germany.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Newspapers.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The newspaper was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 and 1990 by Mira Wallerstein, the sister-in-law of Rolf Wallerstein.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-28 10:55:37
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The collection consists of two 1943 issues of the Nazi newspaper, Der Stürmer.
Date: 1943
Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, Germany) [Newspaper]
Object
Issue of Der Sturmer, a viciously anti-Jewish newspaper published by Julius Streicher, an early Nazi Party member, from 1923-1945 in Germany. The newspaper's frequent subtitle was "Die Juden sind unser Unglück!" [The Jews are our misfortune]. The paper thrived on scandal, and preferred sensational stories of Jews committing disgusting, evil acts. It was also infamous for its antisemitic cartoons. Streicher was arrested by the US Army in May 1945. He was tried by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, convicted, and executed per the ruling that his repeated articles calling for the annihilation of the Jewish race were a direct incitement to murder and a crime against humanity.
