The Many Deaths of Jew Sss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew
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The Many Deaths of Jew Sss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew
By (Author) Yair Mintzker
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
22nd July 2019
United States
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General
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
940.2
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Paperback
344
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
New historical insights into one of the most infamous episodes in the history of anti-Semitism Joseph Suss Oppenheimer-"Jew Suss"-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 Wurttemberg. When Carl Alexander died unexpectedl
Reviews
"One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books of 2017: History"
"Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in History (Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award)"
"Finalist for the 2018 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, Jewish Book Council"
Author Bio
Yair Mintzker is professor of history at Princeton University. He is the author of The Defortification of the German City, 16891866.
