# Julius Streicher **Domain:** Propaganda and mass violence **Doc Type:** Developed Person Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Julius Streicher** (1885–1946) was a Nazi official and publisher of the virulently antisemitic newspaper *Der Stürmer*. The International Military Tribunal convicted him of crimes against humanity for his role in inciting persecution and extermination and sentenced him to death. ## Significance Streicher is a landmark for analyzing speech, repetition, dehumanization, and mass violence. The case does not make all hateful speech legally equivalent; it demonstrates the evidentiary importance of context, reach, persistence, political power, and explicit incitement during an ongoing program of mass murder. ## Sources - USHMM, [Julius Streicher](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/julius-streicher) ## Routes [[wiki/Ferdinand Nahimana|Ferdinand Nahimana]] · [[wiki/Firehose of Falsehood|Firehose of Falsehood]] · [[wiki/Democide|Democide]]