The Many Deaths of Jew Suss : The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew Paperback / softback
by Yair Mintzker
Paperback / softback
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New historical insights into one of the most infamous episodes in the history of anti-SemitismJoseph Süss Oppenheimer—“Jew Süssâ€â€”is one of the most iconic figures in the history of anti-Semitism.
In 1733, Oppenheimer became the “court Jew†of Carl Alexander, the duke of the small German state of Württemberg.
When Carl Alexander died unexpectedly, the Württemberg authorities arrested Oppenheimer, put him on trial, and condemned him to death for unspecified “misdeeds.†On February 4, 1738, Oppenheimer was hanged in front of a large crowd just outside Stuttgart.
He is most often remembered today through several works of fiction, chief among them a vicious Nazi propaganda movie made in 1940 at the behest of Joseph Goebbels.
Investigating conflicting versions of Oppenheimer’s life and death as told by his contemporaries, Yair Mintzker conjures an unforgettable picture of “Jew Süss†in his final days that is at once moving, disturbing, and profound.
The Many Deaths of Jew Süss is a masterful work of history and an illuminating parable about Jewish life in the fraught transition to modernity.
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- Pages:344 pages, 9 b/w illus. 2 maps.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:14/05/2019
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- ISBN:9780691192734
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages, 9 b/w illus. 2 maps.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:14/05/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691192734
