Jud Suss: Holocaust Studies Series

Jud Suss: Holocaust Studies Series 2007 - Special Collectors Edition - 2 DVD Set Veit Harlan's anti-Semitic curtain-raiser for the Final Solution presented for the first time from a fine grain 35mm archival film print courtesy of the National Archives. Bonus Features: Still Pictures Gallery, Original Theatrical Program, Original Production Credits, Historical Essay entitled, "Jud Suss and the Holocaust" by German Film Historian David Calvert Smith, Documentaries: "Der Fuehrer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt" (1944), "Death Mills" (1946), "Nuernberg und seine Lehre" (1945) - Film Excerpts: British "Jew Suss" (1934), "Juden ohne Maske" (1937), "Leinen aus Irland" (1939), "Robert und Bertram" (1939), "Die Rothschilds, die Aktien von Waterloo" (1940), "Der ewige Jude," "Le Juif Suss" (1940), "Wien 1910" (1943) Product Description

A disgusting show of anti semitism

This is a movie designed to incite the viewer against Jews by using hatred, jealousy and envy. Its incredible to me that one can use simple things that the government uses every day, to hate the Jewish race of people. Its the Jews fault that taxes are collected, its the Jews fault that people have to pay tolls to go over a bridge and its just the Jews fault for the woes of the Earth. The film is stupid and idiotic Jew Pig is a simple translation of the title, This film highlights how ill the German people are to twist life into hatred for the Jews, my biggest complaint is that I had to read the english subtitles and for such a lame movie, its a pity to have to think that hard July 27, 2008

A Mean Spirited But Almost Comical Portrayal

Today's viewers would probably see this film as a mean-spirited but almost comical anti-Semitic creation--certainly no less stereotypical or racist than some of the much-praised stuff by Spike Lee, among others. Suss comes across as a medieval Gordon Gecko or Bud Fox, manipulating the system for his own gain until things backfire and stuff hits the fan, causing his own downfall. The star-gazing rabbi, whom Suss lures into the plot, is portrayed (I feel somewhat sympathetically)as one who is cynical of Suss's motives and scheme and who tries to dissuade him and to urge him to return to his orthodox roots. I think that this movie is actually pretty tame stuff, as hard-core anti-Semitic works go, and probably is a lot less infammatory than the filth created by the degenerate pornographer Jules Streicher. July 27, 2008

Jud Suss: Holocaust Studies Series/DVD

The DVD complect gives you clear undenstanding how talented directors and
movie stars could be used for hate promoting. It also offers bonus: documentaries about Nazis death's mills and Nuremberg trial.
Hyman Golub May 21, 2008

Excellent insight

I purchased this movie largely on the basis that it had been vilified by the mainstream media and I wanted to know why.

The movie itself is not an assault against Jews as much as it is a warning of the dangers of the unrestrained privatization of public assets. It is surprising to see this warning, coming from over 75 years ago. We general associate the ravages of privatization with the perceived modern phenomena of globalization. This movie reinforces the truism that greed is as old as man.

I think the main failing of the movie is the failure to distinguish between Judaism and Zionism, but that point may have been lost in the translation.

There is also the question of the relevance of Hitler's social policies prior to his ascendance to absolute power. Remember, he destroyed unions, attacked teachers and journalists, imposed iron clad rule over the judiciary... all of these actions consistent with what are perceived to be modern globalist policies. Wide scale privatizations could have been a factor in German life during the early days of the Third Reich, around the time this film was made.

I agree that this movie has significant value as an educational tool.

May 14, 2008

Jud Suss: Celluloid Blueprint for Genocide

Archiv-DVD's newest release, "Jud Suss: Holocaust Studies Series" is the definitive Holocaust collection which features the uncut version of Veit Harlan's vicious anti-Semitic costume epic. For anyone to suggest this film had very little to do with the heinous crimes committed by the Nazis is not only scandalous but a slur against the slain six million during the Holocaust. This is perhaps the only motion picture produced during the Third Reich which encompasses the true anti-Semitic ideology expounded under National Socialism. Much of the screenplay was obviously penned by Goebbels with suggestions by Rosenberg and Streicher. This single film was the cornerstone and exponent of the pre-launching of the official campaign against the Jews of Germany and then Nazi Occupied Europe from 1940 onwards. It is certainly no coincidence nor accident that Goebbels ordered this film produced as early as 1938. And it is neither a coincidence either than Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the entire SS and uniformed police to screen the film prior to going into active service on the Eastern Front by the coming Winter 1940.
This film was as well heavily screened in European areas prior to any official anti-Jewish aktion against the local population. It was also heavily screened to SS guards and camp personnel at all the Nazi concen-tration/extermination camps. One does not have to have much of an imgaination what the end results were. And it is certainly no surprise to anyone that this film was entered into as evidence for the prosecution at the International Military Tribunal (The Nuermberg Trails) during 1945-1946. Its director was tried twice for "Crimes against Humanity" for creating the film and acquitted twice. It was agreed that the original negative be destroyed following the trial. This never happened. It is no suprise as well that this film is still banned by the German Govern-ment to this day as an official law exists banning this specific film.
I thoroughly suggest this film as an excellant example of Nazi anti-Semitic propaganda in the way art can be twisted to fit ideology, no matter how tainted it may be. "Jud Suss" was quite obviously a celluloid blueprint for genocide no matter how subtle other reviewers may claim in their own naive opinion. March 5, 2008

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