[NUREMBERG TRIALS]: STREICHER JULIUS (1885-1946) Nazi Gauleiter of Franconia 1929-40 and founder and publisher of ...

[NUREMBERG TRIALS]: STREICHER JULIUS (1885-1946) Nazi Gauleiter of Franconia 1929-40 and founder and publisher of Der Sturmer newspaper, a central element of the Nazi propaganda machine during World War II. D.S., Julius Streicher, four pages, folio, Nuremberg, 9th June 1945. The partially printed document, with text in English and German, has been completed and signed by Streicher in bold pencil, in German. The document was issued by the Military Government of Germany and is a personnel questionnaire (Fragebogen) in which Streicher provides details of his place and date of birth, his occupation ('Schriftsteller'), present position ('Gauleiter'), further confirming that he was a member of the NSDAP and was an SA-Obergruppenfuhrer, was previously awarded the Golden Hitler Youth badge, also providing brief details of his employment and sources of income (from the weekly paper Der Sturmer), confirming that he travelled to Italy in 1935 and 1937 for the purposes of study and that he visited the fascist organisation and met Mussolini. Signed by Streicher at the conclusion. Some light overall age wear and with some heavy staining to the central vertical fold where previously repaired with tape. G Streicher was convicted or crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials and was executed. Streicher was the first member of the Nazi regime held accountable for inciting genocide by the Nuremberg Tribunal.