Excerpt from an undated letter by Julius Streicher to Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, in which Streicher asks for Goebbels' support in his feud with Field Marshall Hermann Goering.

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Caption: Excerpt from an undated letter by Julius Streicher to Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, in which Streicher asks for Goebbels' support in his feud with Field Marshall Hermann Goering.

The original INS caption reads: "That's the way Julius Streicher began his letter to Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels in which the no.1 Jew-baiter of Nazi Germany asks Goebbels to support him in his feud with Field Marshal Goering."

Images of Streicher's correspondence 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 letter from Julius Streicher to Leni Riefenstahl, Nazi movie actress, marked the beginning of their secret romance. Written in German, it is the copy found in Streicher's private files by Lieut. Causin. In the portion shown here, Streicher begins by discussing Leni's literary efforts, and ends by inviting her to his estate."
Date: 1933 - 1945
Locale: Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joanne Schartow

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Joanne Schartow

Second Provenance: International News Service

Keyword: CORRESPONDENCE/MAIL DOCUMENTS EVIDENCE GERMANS GOEBBELS, JOSEPH NAZI OFFICIALS STREICHER, JULIUS WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS
Photo Designation: PURSUIT OF JUSTICE -- Capture of Nazi Criminals -- Documents/Publications

Biography: Julius Streicher (1885-1946), German politician and publisher of the radical, anti-Semitic newspaper, Der Stuermer (The Militant). Prior to World War I, Streicher was an elementary school teacher. After the war he was a founding member of the German Social Party, which merged with the NSDAP in 1921. Two years later, he founded Der Stuermer, which he used to instill anti-Jewish feelings amongst the German people. In 1925 Streicher was made Gauleiter of Franconia. His membership in the NSDAP, coupled with his virulent anti-Semitism, forced Streicher out of teaching, leaving him to devote his full attention to politics and Der Stuermer. In 1929 he was elected to the Bavarian legislature and in 1933, to the Reichstag. Following the Nazi seizure of power, Streicher's Jew baiting became a handicap to the party and by 1940, he had been dismissed from all National Socialist posts. After the war he was tried before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, convicted of crimes against humanity and hanged.

[Source: Zentner, Christian. "Encyclopedia of the Third Reich." MacMillan, 1991.]