The Anti-Semitic Power of Jud Süß

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Without propaganda the Nazi would not have gotten as far or as powerful as they were. One powerful piece of work was the Nazi film Jud Süß. This is a Nazi propaganda film was released on September 24, 1940 by a Nazi production company named Terra Filmkunst under the order of Joseph Goebbels. For a lot of people this is considered to be one of the most anti-Semitic films that the Nazi’s have ever put into production. I will be going over the overall message of the film and how they go about being anti-Semitic and how powerful this movie actually was for the Nazi party. What went in to this movie and what happened to the actors after the war was over and what was the true power of this anti-Semitic film are a few questions that will be answered in my paper and why this movie was more effective than the other films that were made.
When this movie was first put into production it was actually delayed for quite a while, because Joseph Goebbels, the head of the films production wanted only the best actors for his film and that was proving to be a problem for a period of time. One of the main problems was since during these war times many Jews were being blamed for many of the problems going on and the concern of these was that the people watching this would see and assume that the people playing the Jews on screen are really Jews and that would have put a damper on the films effectiveness and before they would even do it Goebbels had to make an announcement that all of the people in this movie was a true German and not Jewish. Image was crucial to survival in these times. Since the actors in Judd Suss were of such a high caliber they had to be paid really well to appear in this film. One of the main actors that Goebbels wanted in th...

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...is were portrayed in the movie as the good guy or the hero of the movie to bring the power hungry Jew in this case Oppenheimer to justice. The casting in this film played a huge part in the success of this film all thanks to Joseph Goebbels who had to pay out the money and made sure that the citizens of Germany knew that the actors were not really Jewish but had true German blood pumping through their veins. Many people were forced to see it and it was toured all across the front line to show to the troops and being showed in multiple place at once so he made sure people knew about it and went to go see it. Publicity also played a huge role in determining the success of this film. This movie will always be used to show how the film industry can implant ideas in your head and get you to believe what they want you to without you even really ever knowing what went on.

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