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Affidavit listing Streicher's positions in the Nazi party, the government, and as editor/publisher of Der Stuermer

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Julius Streicher (publisher, propagandist)

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Julius Streicher

German publisher, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1885-1946)

Julius Streicher durant els Judicis de Nuremberg
  • Born: 1885-02-12 (Fleinhausen)
  • Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: journalist; politician; publisher
  • Member of political party: German Socialist Party; Nazi Party
  • Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund
  • Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch
  • Position held: member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic

Date: 19 November 1945

Literal Title: Affidavit of Julius Streicher

Defendant: Julius Streicher

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: PS-2975

Citation: IMT (page 2487)

HLSL Item No.: 452544

Notes:Another copy of this document was entered as US exhibit 9, and this copy is used by the British prosecutor with the same exhibit number.

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PS-2975: Affidavit of Julius Streicher

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PS-2975: List of posts held by Streicher 1921 to 1945, signed by him and his counsel, 19 November 1945

AFFIDAVIT OF JULIUS STREICHER
I, Julius Streicher, of lawful age, being duly sworn upon oath, state that: t
1. I was a member of the NSDAP from 1921-1945.
2. I was a member of the Reichstag from 1933-1945.
3. I was a General in the SA only honorary.
4. I was Gauleiter of Franconia from 1925-February 1940.
5. I was Editor in Chief until 1933 and Publisher of "Der Stuermer" from 1923-1945.
6. I was leader of the anti-boykott against the Jewish World Boykott in Spring 1933, but only for one day.
' Subscribed to before me this 19 day of Nov. 1J)45.
' [Sgd] Julius Streicher
Approved: [Sgd] Dr. Marx . Attorney for Defendant
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