Julius Streicher

<p><b >Julius Streicher</b>&nbsp;(12 February 1885 – 16 October 1946) was a prominent&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism" >Nazi</a>&nbsp;prior to&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II" >World War II</a>. He was the founder and publisher of&nbsp;<i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_St%C3%BCrmer" title="Der Stürmer" >Der Stürmer</a></i>&nbsp;newspaper, which became a central element of the Nazi&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda" >propaganda</a>&nbsp;machine. His publishing firm also released three&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Semitism" title="Anti-Semitism" class="mw-redirect" >anti-Semitic</a>&nbsp;books for children, including the 1938&nbsp;<i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Giftpilz" title="Der Giftpilz" >Der Giftpilz</a></i>&nbsp;(<i >"The Toadstool" or "The Poison-Mushroom"</i>), one of the most widespread pieces of propaganda, which purported to warn about insidious dangers&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew" title="Jew" class="mw-redirect" >Jews</a>&nbsp;posed by using the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor" title="Metaphor" >metaphor</a>&nbsp;of an attractive yet deadly&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom" title="Mushroom" >mushroom</a>. After the war, he was convicted of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_humanity" title="Crime against humanity" class="mw-redirect" >crimes against humanity</a>&nbsp;and executed.</p>

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