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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Levin, Edmund.     Subjects     Blood accusation -- Russia.     Christianity and antisemitism -- Russia.     Antisemitism -- Russia -- Case studies.     Russia -- Trials, litigation, etc.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Levin, Edmund.       by title:      A child of Christian...         MARC Display

A child of Christian blood : murder and conspiracy in Tsarist Russia : the Beilis blood libel / Edmund Levin. by Levin, Edmund. New York : Schocken Books, c2014. Subjects Blood accusation -- Russia.   Christianity and antisemitism -- Russia.   Antisemitism -- Russia -- Case studies.   Russia -- Trials, litigation, etc. ISBN:  9780805242997 : 0805242996 Description:  xxi, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Edition:  First Edition Requests:  0 Summary:  On March 20, 1911, a 13-year-old boy was found stabbed to death in a cave on the outskirts of Kiev. Four months later, Russian police arrested Mendel Beilis, a 37-year-old father of five, and charged him not only with Andrei's murder but also with the Jewish ritual murder of a Christian child. Despite the fact that there was no evidence linking him to the crime, and that he had a solid alibi, Beilis was imprisoned for more than two years. As a handful of Russian officials and journalists diligently searched for the real killer, the rabid anti-Semites known as the Black Hundreds created a frenzy throughout Russia. The incompetent trial brought Russian liberals to Beilis's side, as well as an array of international supporters. The jury's split verdict allowed both sides to claim victory: they agreed with the prosecution's description of the boy's wounds--a description implying a ritual murder--but they determined that Beilis was not the murderer. After the fall of the Romanovs in 1917, a renewed effort to find Andrei's killer was not successful.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 305.8924 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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