An image of convicted nazi felon Julius Streicher with added note: "At Nuremberg, Julius Streicher was not convicted of having committed or participated in any crimes or acts of violence himself, but was convicted on the grounds that as a journalist, his many speeches and articles supporting and excusing violence made him and accessory. He hanged."
A screenshot of a portion of the wikipedia entry on Julius Streicher. It reads:
"Most of the evidence against Streicher came from his numerous speeches and articles over the years.[72] In essence, prosecutors contended that Streicher's articles and speeches were so incendiary that he was an accessory to murder, and therefore as culpable as those who actually ordered the mass extermination of Jews. They further argued that he kept up his antisemitic propaganda even after he was aware that Jews were being slaughtered.[73]
Streicher was acquitted of crimes against peace, but found guilty of crimes against humanity, and sentenced to death on 1 October 1946."
A screenshot of another portion of the wikipedia entry on Julius Streicher. It reads:
"For his 25 years of speaking, writing and preaching hatred of the Jews, Streicher was widely known as "Jew-Baiter Number One." In his speeches and articles, week after week, month after month, he infected the German mind with the virus of anti-Semitism, and incited the German people to active persecution. [...] Streicher's incitement to murder and extermination at the time when Jews in the East were being killed under horrible conditions clearly constitutes persecution on political and racial grounds in connection with war crimes, as defined by the Charter, and constitutes a crime against humanity."
Friendly reminder: the Hague is still open to you, even if you are "just" an influencer.
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