The Striker, July 1935, 13th year 1935 Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, Germany) [Newspaper]
Creator(s)
- Stürmer-Verlag (Publisher)
- Julius Streicher (Publisher)
Biographical History
Julius Streicher was the founder of "Der Stürmer" and Gauleiter of Franconia. He was sentenced to death at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. [Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Vol. 3-4. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1995, pp. 1788.]
Archival History
The newspaper was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Mark Esterman, the son of Benjamin and Sophie Esterman.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Esterman. These publications were obtained in Germany in 1935 by Benjamin and Sophie Esterman, American citizens who were traveling in Europe, and visited Germany in order to see for themselves and to inform others where Nazism was going. They are donated in the same spirit to the Holocaust Museum by the children of Benjamin and Sophie Esterman and their families; to bear witness and to warn of the cruelty and danger of bigotry, racial prejudice, and hatred.
Scope and Content
Benjamin and Sophie Esterman were American citizens who were traveling in Europe, and visited Germany in order to see for themselves and to inform others where Nazism was going.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Genre
- Newspapers.
- Books and Published Materials
- Object