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Part One: Julius Streicher: The Other Hitler

Behind the Bastards

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The Myth of the Juden Sow

Julius was raised on stories about Jews and largely like really negative propaganda. The church in his hometown had stained glass reliefs of what's called the Juden Sow, a pig nursing Jewish babies. There were also regular talk about "the blood Passover," which is this medieval era conspiracy theory that existed up until it still exists in some areas. This all contributes to this kind of general miasma of bigotry that is culturally the norm.

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