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The Many Deaths of Jew Süss
The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew
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Artikel-Nr:
9780691192734
Veröffentl:
2019
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.05.2019
Seiten:
344
Autor:
Yair Mintzker
Gewicht:
414 g
Format:
216x139x30 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Yair Mintzker is professor of history at Princeton University. He is the author of The Defortification of the German City, 1689-1866.
The Many Deaths of Jew Süss is a compelling new account of Oppenheimer's notorious trial. Drawing on a wealth of rare archival evidence, Yair Mintzker investigates conflicting versions of Oppenheimer's life and death as told by four contemporaries: the leading inquisitor in the criminal investigation, the most important eyewitness to Oppenheimer's final days, a fellow court Jew who was permitted to visit Oppenheimer on the eve of his execution, and one of Oppenheimer's earliest biographers. What emerges is a lurid tale of greed, sex, violence, and disgrace--but are these narrators to be trusted? Meticulously reconstructing the social world in which they lived, and taking nothing they say at face value, Mintzker conjures an unforgettable picture of "Jew Süss" in his final days that is at once moving, disturbing, and profound.