Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia

The Ritual Murder Trial of Mendel Beilis

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Russia, Jewish
Cover of the book Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia by Robert Weinberg, Indiana University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Robert Weinberg ISBN: 9780253011145
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: November 20, 2013
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Robert Weinberg
ISBN: 9780253011145
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: November 20, 2013
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

On Sunday, March 20, 1911, children playing in a cave near Kiev made a gruesome discovery: the blood-soaked body of a partially clad boy. After right-wing groups asserted that the killing was a ritual murder, the police, with no direct evidence, arrested Menachem Mendel Beilis, a 39-year-old Jewish manager at a factory near the site of the crime. Beilis's trial in 1913 quickly became an international cause célèbre. The jury ultimately acquitted Beilis but held that the crime had the hallmarks of a ritual murder. Robert Weinberg's account of the Beilis Affair explores the reasons why the tsarist government framed Beilis, shedding light on the excesses of antisemitism in late Imperial Russia. Primary documents culled from the trial transcript, newspaper articles, Beilis's memoirs, and archival sources, many appearing in English for the first time, bring readers face to face with this notorious trial.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

On Sunday, March 20, 1911, children playing in a cave near Kiev made a gruesome discovery: the blood-soaked body of a partially clad boy. After right-wing groups asserted that the killing was a ritual murder, the police, with no direct evidence, arrested Menachem Mendel Beilis, a 39-year-old Jewish manager at a factory near the site of the crime. Beilis's trial in 1913 quickly became an international cause célèbre. The jury ultimately acquitted Beilis but held that the crime had the hallmarks of a ritual murder. Robert Weinberg's account of the Beilis Affair explores the reasons why the tsarist government framed Beilis, shedding light on the excesses of antisemitism in late Imperial Russia. Primary documents culled from the trial transcript, newspaper articles, Beilis's memoirs, and archival sources, many appearing in English for the first time, bring readers face to face with this notorious trial.

More books from Indiana University Press

Cover of the book Obama on the Home Front by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book General Jacob Devers by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book Comrade Huppert by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book On Islam by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book The Year's Work in the Oddball Archive by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book Warfare in Woods and Forests by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book Forerunners of Mammals by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book Farm Labor Struggles in Zimbabwe by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book In the Shadow of the Shtetl by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book Re-viewing Fascism by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book Portraiture and Photography in Africa by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book Dispatches from the Pacific by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book Nonprofits in Crisis by Robert Weinberg
Cover of the book Where the Spirits Ride the Wind by Robert Weinberg
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy