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AJewseekspoliticalpowerinorderthathemayuseittobenefitthestatusofJewryinananti-Semiticorderofsociety.<br/> 1930sBritishcinema'sabilitytomakefilmsthatdealtwithEurope'srisingtideoffascismwashinderedbycensorship-politicsatthepictureswasstrictlyforbidden.However,filmmakersfoundobliquewaysaroundtheban,asinthecaseofJewSüss(d.LotharMendes,1934),whichsubstitutedGermanyin1730forthemodernGermanstate.ProducerMichaelBalconhopedthefilm,basedonLionFeuchtwanger'snovelaboutawealthyJew'srisetopower,woulddrawattentiontoNaziatrocities.<br/> ExpatriateGermanactorConradVeidt,whosawfriendsandcolleaguesthreatenedbyhiscountry'sescalatinganti-Semitism,agreedtoplaytheleadingroleinthehopetheproductionwouldactascovertpropaganda.HisconvictionthatGermany'sfascistsneededchallengingwasbornoutofpersonalexperience.JosephGoebbels,Hitler'sheadofpropaganda,hadtriedtokeepthepopularstarinGermany,firstbyofferingVeidt'shalf-Jewishwife,LilyPreger,anAryancertificate,andlaterwithhousearrest.
