Veit Harlan was a German filmmaker in the 1930s. At the beginning of WWII, he wrote and directed an anti-Semitic film called Jud Suss that was based on a historical novel about Jewish banker Joseph Oppenheimer. The film was commissioned by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and SS leader Heinrich Himmler ordered members of the Gestapo to watch and learn from it. Now, in the 21st century, Harlan's relatives and descendants speak out about the film and how they feel about their notorious ancestor.
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