Erik Hanussen

Erik Jan Hanussen (June 2, 1889 - March 25, 1933) was born Herschel Steinschneider in Austria. He was a clairvoyant, mentalist, occultist, and astrologer, active in Nazi Germany. He converted from his family's Jewish faith to Protestant and became a Nazi.

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.

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.

References

• Gordon, Mel (2001). Hanussen: Hitler's Jewish Clairvoyant. Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-68-7.
• Gordon, Mel (Summer 2006). "Hitler's Jewish Psychic". Guilt & Pleasure (3). Roger Bennett. [1]
• Steinschneider, Phil. "Steinschneider Genealogy". [2]
• Hanussen by Mel Gordon in Genii July 2004

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