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Joseph Süß Oppenheimer was a German banker who was court Jew for Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, managing several of his enterprises. Throughout his career, Oppenheimer made scores of powerful enemies, some of whom conspired against him, leading to his arrest and execution after Charles Alexander's death.
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business · German banker · banker · entrepreneur · court Jew · jurist · finance minister · politician · also Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer
Born 1 January 1698 · Died 4 February 1738 · Q60535
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Yair Mintzker, a history professor at Princeton University, published a new account of Oppenheimer's trial, The Many Deaths of Jew Süss, which is the most comprehensive treatment of Oppenheimer's trial available in Engl
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The movie Norman was released, loosely inspired by Oppenheimer's life, starring Richard Gere
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Itself the cause for a famous postwar trial
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By Veit Harlan, in which Süß was portrayed by actor Ferdinand Marian
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Lothar Mendes directed a film adaptation of the novel in which Süß was portrayed by actor Conrad Veidt
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Though never performed and subsequently withdrawn by Feuchtwanger
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Died 1738-02-04.
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Born 1698-01-01.
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