I also never read a work of Streicher or of that stupid journal Der Sturmer. I saw only one page of it and that sufficed. That paper was forbidden in my house. The whole administrative district here in Nuremberg was terrible under Streicher and I finally succeeded in dissolving it. The Goring Commission here in Nuremberg which investigated Streicher's activities was famous. Streicher was not a normal man.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims to have avoided reading Streicher's work but describes his district's terrible conditions under him.
- In plain terms
- They say they did not read his work but saw the damage he caused.
- What can you take from it?
- It describes administrative harm caused by Streicher.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do critics distance themselves from harmful figures?
- What defines administrative failure?
Another view
The claim of avoiding the work conflicts with known promotion of such materials.
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