Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia: The Ritual Murder Trial of Mendel Beilis
(Part of the Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies Series)
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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 c?l?bre. The jury ultimately acquitted...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0253011078
ISBN13:9780253011077
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:Indiana University Press (Ips)
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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