The Beilis Case: an Anti-Jewish Trial
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
English - July 22, 2016 08:00 - 8 minutes - 4.08 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1913, Mendel Beilis, a Jew from Kiev, was accused of a "ritual murder". The trial became a focus of anti-Semitic rhetoric in imperial Russia and attracted attention around the world. Dina Newman reports.
Photo: Mendel Beilis in 1913. Credit: Topfoto.