Susskind (

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''Süßkind'' "sweet child", variants ''Suskind'', ''Suskin'', '' Siskind'', '' Ziskind'', '' Ziskin'', etc.) is a

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of German origin.

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Süsskind in the German medieval period was a given name, not a surname, specifically recorded as carried by Jews since the early 13th century. A Jew named Süsskind is recorded as a physician in the hospital of

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in 1218. Süsskind, the Jew of Trimberg (

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''Sueskint der Jude von Trimperg'') is one of the

minnesinger (; "love song") was a tradition of lyric- and song-writing in Germany and Austria that flourished in the Middle High German period. This period of medieval German literature began in the 12th century and continued into the 14th. People who wr ...

s whose work is compiled in the early-14th-century ''

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''. This poet is otherwise unknown, and there is no proof that the poems recorded under his name are from a single author, but the language of the poems is consistent with an author of the second half of the 13th century native to the

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. There is also a Jewish motif in V.2, where the poet proclaims his intention to leave the courtly sphere and live humbly "in the manner of old Jews", besides possible allusions to Hebrew prayers in I.3. Süsskind remained a widely-used given name among German-speaking Jews into the 19th century. Beginning in the 18th century, some Jews adopted Süsskind as a

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surname. Süsskind ceased to be used as a given name around mid-19th-century. The baronial family of Süßkind is descended from Johann Gottlieb Süßkind, a cousin of theologian Friedrich Gottlieb Süskind, who was given the title of nobility by the king of Bavaria in 1821. The family is descended from one Michael Süßkind, recorded as a citizen of Esslingen in 1425. The surname was introduced to the United States by the 1880s.Heiman (Chaim Shmuel) Susskind (1847–1939), migrated from Tarnów, Poland to New York in 1885. ( ''Chajin Susskind'', age 37 arriving in New York from Bremen, 21 March 1885, on the ship "Ems"
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* Süsskind of Trimberg, 13th-century minnesinger *

Alexander Süsskind of Grodno Alexander Susskind ben Moses of Grodno was a kabbalist of the eighteenth century. He died at Grodno in 1794. He wrote "''Yesod we-Shoresh ha-'Abodah''" (''The Essence and Root of Worship''), Novydvor, 1782, a work frequently republished. It conta ...

(d. 1794), Russian kabbalist * Süsskind Raschkow (d. 1836), German poet *Jekutiel-Süßkind Cohen, rabbi, father of Raphael Cohen (Rafael ben Jekutiel Süsskind Kohen, 1722–1803), Chief Rabbi of Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek

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Susskind * Arthur Susskind (1886–1967), American boxer * Fred Susskind (1891–1957), South African Test cricketer *

Walter Susskind Jan Walter Susskind (1 May 1913 – 25 March 1980) was a Czech-born British conductor, teacher and pianist. He began his career in his native Prague, and fled to Britain when Germany invaded the city in 1939. He worked for substantial periods in ...

(1913–1980), Czech conductor *

David Susskind David Howard Susskind (December 19, 1920 – February 22, 1987) was an American producer of TV, movies, and stage plays and also a TV talk show host. His talk shows were innovative in the genre and addressed timely, controversial topics beyond th ...

(1920–1987), American producer and talk show host *

Leonard Susskind Leonard Susskind (; born June 16, 1940)his 60th birthday was celebrated with a special symposium at Stanford University.in Geoffrey West's introduction, he gives Suskind's current age as 74 and says his birthday was recent. is an American physicis ...

(b. 1940), American string theorist * Lawrence Susskind (b. 1947), American dispute mediator *

Richard Susskind Richard Eric Susskind OBE FRSE (born 28 March 1961) is a British author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments. He is the IT adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, hold ...

(b. 1961), British legal and IT adviser *

Steve Susskind Steven Robert Susskind (October 3, 1942 – January 21, 2005) was an American actor who appeared in numerous small parts in sitcoms, such as ''Seinfeld'', ''Frasier'', '' Married... with Children'', ''Scrubs'', and ''NewsRadio''. Career Su ...

(1942-2005), American actor and singer Suskind *

Richard Suskind Richard Suskind (May 2, 1925September 14, 1999) was a children's author who participated with author Clifford Irving in creating a fraudulent autobiography of the reclusive entrepreneur Howard Hughes. Suskind was incarcerated for five months of ...

(1925–1999), American writer convicted of fraud *

Ron Suskind Ronald Steven "Ron" Suskind (born November 20, 1959) is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker. He was the senior national affairs writer for ''The Wall Street Journal'' from 1993 to 2000, where he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature ...

(b. 1959), American author and investigative journalist Süskind * Friedrich Gottlieb Süskind (1767–1829), German Protestant theologian *

Walter Süskind Walter Süskind (29 October 1906 – 28 February 1945) was a German Jew who helped about 600 Jewish children escape the Holocaust. He was a member of the ( or ) during the Second World War. Biography Süskind was born in Lüdenscheid in German ...

(1906–1945), German Holocaust victim *

Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind (10 June 1901, Weilheim - 17 April 1970, Tutzing) was a German writer, journalist and translator. Süskind was editorial journalist for politics with Süddeutsche Zeitung. Along with his own works he translated books into ...

(1901–1970), German author *

Patrick Süskind Patrick Süskind (; born 26 March 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel '' Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'', first published in 1985. Early life Süskind was born in Ambach, Bavaria. His father was writer and jo ...

(b. 1946) German writer and screenwriter, son of Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind

References

*Ricarda Bauschke, "Süßkind von Trimberg – Ein jüdischer Autor in der Manessischen Handschrift" in: Schulze (ed.), ''Juden in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters'', Tübingen (2002). *Robert Singerman, ''Jewish Given Names and Family Names: A New Bibliography'' (2001)
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