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1 online resource (1 online resource (pages)). |
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Series |
Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies
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Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies.
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Contents |
Introduction: a murder without a mystery -- The initial investigation -- The case against Beilis -- The trial -- Summation and verdict -- Epilogue. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
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 tsa. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Beĭlis, Mendelʹ, 1874-1934 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Beĭlis, Mendelʹ, 1874-1934. |
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Trials (Murder) -- Ukraine -- Kiev.
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Trials (Murder) |
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Ukraine -- Kyïv. |
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Blood accusation -- Ukraine.
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Blood accusation. |
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Ukraine. |
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Antisemitism -- Russia -- History.
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Antisemitism. |
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Russia. |
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History. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9781299999862 |
ISBN |
0253011140 (electronic book) |
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9780253011145 (electronic book) |
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0253010993 |
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9780253010995 |
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0253011078 |
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9780253011077 |
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9781299999862 |
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1299999867 |
Music No. |
MWT11531510 |
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