demonic effect: Veit Harlan's use of Jewish extras in Jud Suss (1940)
TitleThe demonic effect: Veit Harlan's use of Jewish extras in Jud Suss (1940)
Author
Call numberS940.5318/004
Object number03469em
Place of publicationOxford, England
Year of publication
2000
Dimensionspp 215-241
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Vol. 14 Number 2, 2000 pp 215-241
Description
Veit Harlan, director of the anti-semitic film Judd Suss was the only film director of the Third Reich to be tried as a war criminal. The prosecutor was interested in the role of the SS in recruiting Jewish extras for some scenes. Determined to depict German Jews as Eastern Jews (Ostjude) in a film justifying their expulsion from Germany, Harlan sought extras in Lublin and Prague