Historic Profiles
The Man Who Entertained Germans With Vile Antisemitic Propaganda
Through his weekly rag, Der Sturmer, Streicher helped Hitler spread anti-semitic propaganda to the masses in Germany.
Rebecca is a painter, collage artist and writer. Originally from New Zealand, she now lives on a little Island in the Irish Sea. She has a degree in Religious Studies and is passionate about religious history, philosophy and esoteric goings on. Her favourite research topic is peculiar religious figures; those people who, through their devotion and vision of the divine, challenged the religious establishments to which they belonged, sometimes being crushed by those establishments, other times irrevocably changing them. You can contact her and/or find her artwork and other writing on her website rebeccaodessa.com
Through his weekly rag, Der Sturmer, Streicher helped Hitler spread anti-semitic propaganda to the masses in Germany.
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