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Jud Süß (Hauff novel)

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Jud Süß
AuthorWilhelm Hauff
LanguageGerman
GenreNovella
Publication date
1827
Publication placeKingdom of Württemberg
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)

Jud Süß is an early 19th century novella by Wilhelm Hauff based on the early 18th century German Jewish banker and financial adviser Joseph Süß Oppenheimer.[1] In Hauff's novella, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer is the flamboyant Jewish finance minister of Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg; his policies based on corruption and intimidations made him hated by the Christian community. At the Duke's sudden death, he is arrested and sentenced to be hanged in an iron cage and die a horrible death. His daughter who is left penniless drowns herself in the Neckar. Lion Feuchtwanger characterized Hauff's novella as 'naïvely anti-Semitic.'[2]

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  1. ^ Chase, Jefferson S. (1998). "The Wandering Court Jew and the Hand of God: Wilhelm Hauff's 'Jud Süss' as Historical Fiction". Modern Language Review. 93 (3): 724–740. doi:10.2307/3736493. JSTOR 3736493.
  2. ^ Wallace, Ian (2009). Feuchtwanger and Film (in German). Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-03911-954-7.
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