In judicial terminology, the term "Streicher case" exists. According to him, a person can be convicted not for a crime, but for propaganda of a crime. This term appeared after the Nuremberg trials, when the Nazi leader Julius Streicher, who did not directly participate in the killings, was sentenced to death.
Biography
Julius Streicher was born in 1885 in Bavaria. All his youth passed in this land of Germany, here he was educated and began his career as a teacher in a regular school.
When the First World War began, Julius volunteered for the front and came from there with numerous awards for courage. He was upset by the loss of Germany, and he began to look for like-minded people with nationalistic views. At the same time, he was fascinated by the anti-Semitic theme.
Julius Steicher is considered one of the founders of the Socialist Party of Germany. This was facilitated by his remarkable organizational talent. Like-minded nationalists met with Adolf Hitler, and many of his supporters wanted to join Streicher. However, Hitler realized that Julius was a worthy adversary, and decided to cooperate with him. So the NSDAP swallowed Streicher’s party,
There was a certain similarity between Hitler and Streicher in the approach to business, in views and opinions, so Julius soon became the Fuhrer's right hand. He took an active part in the beer coup of 1923, when the NSDAP tried to seize power.
Propaganda
The ideas of nationalism and anti-Semitism captured Streicher so much that he decided to share them with the people - he began to publish the newspaper "Sturmovik". The Streicher’s case is associated with her: extremely radical materials were published in the newspaper that told people that Jews were to blame for all the troubles in Germany. The newspaper’s ideologist claimed that it was the Jews who were to blame for the catastrophes, terrorist attacks, and that they were carrying out ritual killings of German babies.
These ideas found a lively response from ordinary Germans and were not welcomed by the democratic authorities of the Weimar Republic. Streicher’s syndrome was precisely in the fact that he urged people to believe that it was the Jews who were to blame for all the troubles of Germany. For this, he was even fired from school.
Gauleiter
The Gauleiter position provided for the leadership of the party cell at the regional level. Over the years, Streicher led the cells of Nuremberg, then Franconia. In addition, he led the assault troops and was particularly cruel to people belonging to national minorities.
Julius was so independent that he often opposed his party colleagues. For example, he could make fun of Goering in his newspaper, and he did this repeatedly. Moreover, many members of the same party knew him as an avaricious and corrupt official, but Streicher got away with everything until 1940. When they checked the financial activities of his newspaper and found many irregularities, Julius was fired from all posts.
He was saved only by friendship with Hitler, and he completely went into work on the Sturmovik. Later this activity was considered the cause of mass repressions against the Jews, although historians and scientists are still investigating this topic.
In 1945, Streicher was arrested and imprisoned, then he was sentenced to death. Before the execution, he shouted a Nazi salute and spoke the name of his wife.
