Out of the whole of Streicher's diffuse testimony very few facts remained in our memories. He admitted to being an anti-semite, but claimed to have been opposed to any form of violence. In his "Gau" (province) - so he claimed - the Jews could feel more secure than in any other....
He admitted that the Nuremberg synagogue had been demolished, but said that this had been done merely for architectural reasons. He had considered the synagogue a blot on the landscape and so had ordered it to be removed to provide space for the Planetarium which was to be erected on the site.
Hans Fritzsche, The Sword in the Scales.