https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/original/f2a33bde78a042894868cae95c37563e.png 3b2c57271b59ec017df7e3c5381a227a https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/original/83c146e5c7507970d970d9ac8fc710df.jpg ca3be85df2eb3bf5b3b63d3da939ec0d https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/original/1ebf4761d624ab7b96dd303372541d26.jpg 83862c5ac36d144fe0cb1155a0206144 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource German Execution Ballads Execution Ballad Set to tune of... Melody to which ballad is set. no tune indicated Language Language ballad is printed in German Method of Punishment Method of punishment described in the ballad. hanging in chains Crime(s) Crime or crimes for which the person in the ballad is convicted. treason Date Date of ballad 1738 Transcription Transcription of ballad lyrics Süß, der Mosen schlecht gelesen, Und doch auch kein Christ gewesen, Der die Geistlichkeit verlachet, Und das Volck so arm gemachet, Der das Jungfern-Volck geschändet, Ehe-Frauen hat verblendet, Hof und Land zugleich betrogen, Falsche Müntz ins Land gezogen, Die Gesetze nicht betrachtet, Alles Recht durchaus verachtet, Muß jetzt wie ein Hund crepieren, Und zum Lohn den Galgen zieren. Digital Object <iframe src="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/fullsize/1ebf4761d624ab7b96dd303372541d26.jpg" frameborder="0" scrolling="yes" width="500" height="380"></iframe> Image notice Full size images of all ballad sheets available at the bottom of this page. Notes Additional information related to the ballad pamphlet or related events Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698? – February 4, 1738) was a German Jewish banker and court Jew for Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg in Stuttgart. Throughout his career, Oppenheimer made scores of powerful enemies, some of whom conspired to bring about his arrest and execution after Karl Alexander's death. When his protector, Karl Alexander, suddenly died on March 12, 1737, Oppenheimer was arrested and accused of various crimes, including fraud, embezzlement, treason, lecherous relations with various women and accepting bribes. While some Jews tried to help him during the trial, others gave incriminatory testimonies against him. Most of the accusations could be refuted, and the charge of lechery was dropped in order to protect reputed women. After the heavily publicized trial, Oppenheimer was sentenced to death, without naming any specific crime. When his jailers asked that he convert to Christianity, he refused. Joseph Süß Oppenheimer was led to the gallows on February 4, 1738, and given a final chance to convert to Christianity, which he refused to do. He was throttled, with his last words reportedly being the Jewish credo "Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is one". The case records were then declared secret, so until 1918 no one could realize the judicial murder done to him. His corpse was gibbeted in a cage that hung outside of Stuttgart in the Pragsattel district for six years until the inauguration of Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, who as his very first act as ruler permitted the burial of his corpse below the gallows. <a href="https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11740-oppenheimer-joseph-suss" target="_blank">OPPENHEIMER, JOSEPH SÜSS</a>, by Gotthard Deutsch and Theodor Kroner, Jewish Encyclopedia Image / Audio Credit United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family, <a href="https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn538870" target="_blank">2016.184.243</a>. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eigentliche Abbildung der Hinausführung und Hinrichtung des Ertz-Betrügers / Jud Süss Oppenheimers German hanging in chains Jews treason