Editing Der Stürmer (section)

==Antisemitic content==
[[File:Stuermer1934.gif|thumb|left|upright=1.2|1934 ''Stürmer'' issue: "Storm above Judah" – attacking institutional churches as "Judaized" organizations. [[Jesus Christ]] is seen looking at modern clergy. Caption: ''Two thousand years ago I called the Jews a cursed people, but you have made out of them the [[Chosen people|Elect Nation]].'']]

According to the American writer [[Dennis Showalter]], "a major challenge of political antisemitism involves overcoming the images of the 'Jew next door' – the living, breathing acquaintance or associate whose simple existence appears to deny the validity of that negative stereotype". The newspaper's lurid content appealed to a large spectrum of readers who were lower class and less-sophisticated.<ref name="one"/> ''Der Stürmer'' was known for its use of simple themes that required little thought. The newspaper often gave descriptions of how to identify Jewish people, and included racist political cartoons, including antisemitic caricatures. Besides the graphic depictions, articles often focused on imaginary fears, exaggerations, and perceived behavioral differences between Jews and other German citizens.<ref name=two>[[Dennis Showalter|Showalter, Dennis E.]] (1982) ''Little Man What Now? Der Stürmer in the Weimer Republic'' Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books. {{Page needed|date=March 2017}}</ref>

After the war, Streicher was tried at the [[Nuremberg trials]]. His publishing and speaking activities were a major part of the evidence presented against him. In essence, the prosecutors took the line that Streicher's role in [[Julius Streicher#Trial and execution|inciting Germans to murder Jews]] made him an [[accessory (legal term)|accessory]] to murder, and thus as culpable as those who actually carried out the killing. Prosecutors also introduced decisive and irrefutable evidence that Streicher continued his incendiary articles and speeches when he was well aware that Jews were being killed. Streicher was found guilty of being an accessory for [[crimes against humanity]], and was executed by hanging shortly afterwards.<ref name="Streicher judgement" />

=== Anti-Semitic caricatures ===
''Der Stürmer'' was known for its virulently anti-Semitic caricatures, which depicted Jews as ugly characters with exaggerated facial features and misshapen bodies. In his propaganda work, Streicher furthered medieval stereotypes accusing Jews of killing children, sacrificing their bodies, and drinking their blood. The large majority of these drawings were the work of [[Philipp Rupprecht]], known as ''Fips'', who was one of the best-known anti-Semitic cartoonists of Nazi Germany. Through the adaptation and amalgamation of almost every existing anti-Semitic stereotype, myth, and tradition, Rupprecht's virulent attacks aimed predominantly at the dehumanization and demonization of Jews.<ref>Linsler, Carl-Eric. ''Stürmer-Karikaturen'', in: Handbuch des Antisemitismus. Judenfeindschaft in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Bd. 7: Literatur, Film, Theater und Kunst, hrsg. von Wolfgang Benz, Berlin 2015, p. 477.</ref> At the bottom of the title page, there was always the motto ''"Die Juden sind unser Unglück!"'' ("The Jews are our misfortune!"), coined by [[Heinrich von Treitschke]] in the 1880s.<ref name="HHBS">Ben-Sasson, H.H., ed. (1976) ''A History of the Jewish People''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 875. {{ISBN|0-674-39730-4}}</ref> In the nameplate was the motto ''"Deutsches Wochenblatt zum Kampfe um die Wahrheit"'' ("German Weekly Newspaper in the Fight for Truth").{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}

===Alleged sexual crimes===
Stories of ''[[Rassenschande]]'', which denoted alleged scandals of Jewish men and German women having sex, were staples of ''Der Stürmer''.<ref>Fink, Fritz (1935) [https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/ds12.htm "The End: Betrayed to Death by a Jew"] ''Der Sturner'' from Calvin College German Propaganda Archive</ref> Streicher described Jews as sex offenders who were<ref name="two" /> "violators of the innocent, perpetrators of bizarre sex crimes, and ritual murderers", who allegedly performed in religious ceremonies using blood of other humans, usually [[Christians]]. Streicher also frequently reported attempts of child molestation by Jews. ''Der Stürmer'' never lacked details about sexual intercourse, names, and crimes to keep readers aroused and entertained. These accusations, articles, and crimes printed in ''Der Stürmer'' were often inaccurate, and rarely investigated by staff members. In the newspaper's opinion, if a German girl became pregnant by a Jew, the Jew would deny paternity, offer to pay for an abortion, fail to pay child support, or leave for the U.S. Within ''Der Stürmer'', it was not uncommon to read reports of German women aborting their children because they did not want to bring a "Jewish bastard into the world".<ref name="two" />

Streicher believed in the antisemitic [[Telegony (pregnancy)|telegony]] hypotheses of [[Artur Dinter]].<ref name="bensow">{{cite book |last=Bensow |first=Laura |date=2016 |title="Frauen und Mädchen, die Juden sind Euer Verderben!" Eine Untersuchung antisemitischer NS-Propaganda unter Anwendung der Analysekategorie Geschlecht. |location=Hamburg |publisher=Marta Press |page=140}}</ref> 

===Accusations of financial crimes===
Showalter said: "For Julius Streicher, the Jews' hatred for [[Christianity]] was concealed only for one reason: Business." Jewish businessmen were often portrayed as doing almost anything to obtain financial wealth, which included, in his words, "become a usurper, a traitor, a murderer".<ref name=two/> In the summer of 1931, Streicher focused much of the paper's attention on a Jewish-owned butchery. As an example, when a [[philanthropic]] merchant started operating a soup kitchen, ''Der Stürmer'' ran articles accusing the business of poisoning the food being served. ''Der Stürmer'' criticized and cherrypicked every single price increase and decrease in Jewish shops, as well as their charitable donations, denouncing it as a further form of financial greed. This attack on Jewish benevolence, generosity, and philanthropism received the most public criticism out of all of ''Der Stürmer'''s anti-Semitic propaganda. Its "Letter Box" encouraged the reporting of Jewish illegal acts, while its unofficial style helped prevent suspicion of propaganda, and lent it an air of "authenticity".<ref>Koonz, pp. 230–231</ref>