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Diary entry for July 16, 1941, written by Lothar Streicher, son of Der Stuermer publisher, Julius Streicher.

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    Diary entry for July 16, 1941, written by Lothar Streicher, son of Der Stuermer publisher, Julius Streicher.
    Diary entry for July 16, 1941, written by Lothar Streicher, son of Der Stuermer publisher, Julius Streicher. The excerpt reads: "Went early [today] to Zamosc [ghetto] with Lt. D. The impressions were very strong. Lt. D. and I kept shaking our heads. Jews tell us that it was scarcely better for them before the war. The poverty, suffering, and filth are indescribable. A small room, 4 . . . " Images of Lothar Streicher's diary entries were made available by the International News Service in October, 1945, and were used to illustrate a series of articles about Julius Streicher, a defendant at the International Military Tribunal war crimes trial in Nuremberg. The original INS caption reads: "This page from the diary of Julius Streicher's son, Lothar, records the youth's reactions during a visit to a Jewish ghetto: 'There is only one solution to the Jewish Problem . . . extermination!'" Lothar Streicher joined the SS while still at school. At the beginning of WWI he joined the Luftwaffe and trained as a pilot. On the side, Lothar undertook special missions for his father to gather information about anti-Nazi activities.

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    Diary entry for July 16, 1941, written by Lothar Streicher, son of Der Stuermer publisher, Julius Streicher.

    The excerpt reads: "Went early [today] to Zamosc [ghetto] with Lt. D. The impressions were very strong. Lt. D. and I kept shaking our heads. Jews tell us that it was scarcely better for them before the war. The poverty, suffering, and filth are indescribable. A small room, 4 . . . "

    Images of Lothar Streicher's diary entries were made available by the International News Service in October, 1945, and were used to illustrate a series of articles about Julius Streicher, a defendant at the International Military Tribunal war crimes trial in Nuremberg. The original INS caption reads: "This page from the diary of Julius Streicher's son, Lothar, records the youth's reactions during a visit to a Jewish ghetto: 'There is only one solution to the Jewish Problem . . . extermination!'"

    Lothar Streicher joined the SS while still at school. At the beginning of WWI he joined the Luftwaffe and trained as a pilot. On the side, Lothar undertook special missions for his father to gather information about anti-Nazi activities.
    Date
    1941 July 16
    Locale
    Zamosc, [Lublin] Poland
    Variant Locale
    Zamostye
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joanne Schartow

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Joanne Schartow
    Second Provenance: International News Service

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