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Joseph Süß Oppenheimer

1698 - 1738

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Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (c. 1698 – February 4, 1738) 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 to bring about his arrest and execution after Charles Alexander's death. In the centuries since his execution, Oppenheimer's rise and fall have been treated in two notable literary works, and his ordeal inspired two films, including the antisemitic production Jud Süß, released in Nazi Germany in 1940, itself the cause for a famous postwar trial. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Süß Oppenheimer is the 5,048th most popular politician (down from 4,050th in 2019), the 1,319th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,089th in 2019) and the 387th most popular German Politician.

Joseph Süß Oppenheimer was a German Jewish banker who was executed for treason in 1738. He is most famous for the fact that he was the first Jew to be executed for treason in Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 5,048 out of 19,576. Before him are Touman, Fabia Eudokia, Gogukcheon of Goguryeo, Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, Wim Duisenberg, and Guillaume de Nogaret. After him are Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Issa Hayatou, Emperor Kōnin, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Khaankhre Sobekhotep, and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 7. Before him are Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Pietro Metastasio, Giuseppe Guarneri, Colin Maclaurin, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, and Pierre Bouguer. After him are Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Riccardo Broschi, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Erik Pontoppidan, and Jean Calas. Among people deceased in 1738, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 3. Before him are Herman Boerhaave, and Turlough O'Carolan. After him are Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Jean-François Dandrieu, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, George Bähr, Matthias Braun, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 1,319 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Amann (1891), Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Gottfried Benn (1886), Anton Praetorius (1560), Otto Kumm (1909), and Heinrich Füger (1751). After him are Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (1609), Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577), Theodor Storm (1817), Theobald Boehm (1794), Barbara Blomberg (1527), and Gert Fröbe (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 387. Before him are Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724), Lucius Antonius Saturninus (20), Erwin Piscator (1893), Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736), Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785), and Max Amann (1891). After him are Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (1609), Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden (1704), Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787), Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723), Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447), and Franz Gürtner (1881).

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