Erik jan hanussen biography

Erik Jan Hanussen (b.1889-d.1933) was born Herschel Steinschneider in Austria, was a clairvoyant, mentalist, occultist, and astrologer, active in Germany during the Weimar Republic. He converted from his family's Jewish faith to better camouflage himself within the emerging Nazi government.

Biography

Legends abound about meetings between Hanussen and Adolf Hitler, including a meeting between the two just before the German election, November 1932, during which Hanussen taught Hitler secret crowd control techniques with the utilization of gesture. Ultimately he was executed by the Gestapo and his body was dumped in a field north of Berlin.

He was buried at Stahnsdorf cemetery in Berlin.^[1]

Movies

• Hanussen (1955), played by O. W. Fischer
• Hanussen (1988), played by Klaus Maria Brandauer, director Istvan Szabo
• Invincible (2001), Hanussen is played by Tim Roth, director Werner Herzog
• Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005), played by Toshio Furukawa.

Plays

• Palace of the Occult (2015), written and performed by Neil Tobin

Books

• Gordon, Mel (2001). Hanussen: Hitler's Jewish Clai

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Erik Jan Hanussen

Austrian publicist and clairvoyant (1889–1933)

Erik Jan Hanussen
Born	Hermann Steinschneider (1889-06-02)2 June 1889 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	25 March 1933(1933-03-25) (aged 43) Berlin, Germany
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation(s)	publicist, charlatan, clairvoyant performer, hypnotist, mentalist, occultist, and astrologer

Erik Jan Hanussen, born Hermann Steinschneider (2 June 1889 – 25 March 1933), was an Austrian Jewish publicist, charlatan and clairvoyant performer. Acclaimed in his lifetime as a hypnotist, mentalist, occultist and astrologer, Hanussen was active in Weimar RepublicGermany and also at the beginning of Nazi Germany. He is said to have instructed Adolf Hitler in performance and the achievement of dramatic effect,^[1] and for treating Hitler during his depression.

Early years

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Although Hanussen claimed to be a Danish aristocrat, he was in fact a Moravian Jew, born as Hermann (Herschel Chaim) Steinschneider.^[2]

Hanussen's parents travelled constantly through Austria and Italy with acting and musical troupes, taking Hanussen with them.^[3]

Career

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At the age of 20, Hanussen became a chief reporter for the newspaper Der Blitz^[4]: