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

by Yair Mintzker

Book Overview

A groundbreaking historical reexamination of 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691172323
• ISBN13: 9780691172323
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"