  der stÃ¼rmer (, "the attacker") was a weekly tabloid-format nazi newspaper published by julius streicher, the prominent nsdap official, from 1923 to the end of world war ii in 1945, with brief suspensions in publication due to legal difficulties. it was a significant part of the nazi propaganda machinery and was vehemently anti-semitic. unlike the vÃ¶lkischer beobachter (translatable as the people's observer), the official party paper which gave itself an outwardly serious appearance, the tabloid-style der stÃ¼rmer often ran obscene material such as anti-semitic caricatures and propaganda-like accusations of blood libel against jews,claudia koonz, the nazi conscience, p 228 isbn 0-674-01172-4 sexually explicit, anti-catholic, anti-communist, anti-capitalist and anti-"reactionary" propaganda too. the paper originated at nuremberg during adolf hitler's attempt to establish power and control. during the struggle to achieve power, streicher was accused by the opposition of the nazi party as being "a liar, a coward, of having unsavory friends, mistreating his wife and of flirting with women". despite the accusations, the first copy of der stÃ¼rmer was published april 20, 1923.holocaust education and archive research team.holocaust research project. 2009. web. 21 oct. 2009. der stÃ¼rmerâs circulation grew over time, distributing to a large percentage of the german population as well as argentina, brazil, canada and the united states. between august 1941 and september 1944, streicher authorized articles demanding the annihilation and extermination of the jewish race. after the war, he was convicted of crimes against humanity and executed. ==racist caricatures== der stÃ¼rmer was best known for its effective antisemitic caricatures, which depicted jews as ugly characters with exaggerated facial features and misshapen bodies. in his propaganda work, streicher furthered old myths from the middle ages, e.g., that jews killed children, sacrificed them and drank their blood. many of these drawings were the wor
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