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4 unusual facts about Jud Süß


Jud Süß

Jud Süß (Feuchtwanger play), 1927 adaption by Feuchtwanger of his 1925 novel; translated and produced in October 1929 by New York's Yiddish theatre star Maurice Schwartz

Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698–1738), German-Jewish financier whose life and ultimate execution formed the basis for literary, stage, film and television representations

Josef Suss (Dukes play), 1929 play by English dramatist Ashley Dukes, who based it on Feuchtwanger's novel; in London September 1929; on Broadway in New York January 1930

Jew Suss: Rise and Fall, 2010 German film which depicts events behind 1940 production, with actors portraying Harlan, Marian, Goebbels, etc


Heinrich George

George actively collaborated with the Nazis and agreed to star in Nazi propaganda films such as Hitler Youth Quex (1933) Jud Süß (1940), and Kolberg (1945) as well as appearing in numerous newsreels.

Hellmut G. Haasis

He is particularly known for his biographies of Georg Elser who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939; Reinhard Heydrich who was one of the main architects of the Holocaust; and Joseph Süß Oppenheimer who was executed in 1738 and in 1940 was the subject of a notorious Nazi anti-semitic propaganda film, Jud Süß.


see also

Angela Laich

Graphics for the historian Hellmut G. Haasis's book Joseph Süß Oppenheimer genannt Jud Süß.