The Many Deaths of Jew Süss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew

by Yair Mintzker

Book Overview

New historical insights into one of the most infamous episodes in the history of anti-Semitism

Joseph S ss Oppenheimer--"Jew S ss"--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 W rttemberg. When Carl Alexander died unexpectedly, the W rttemberg authorities arrested Oppenheimer, put him on trial, and condemned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691192731
• ISBN13: 9780691192734
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"