The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town

The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town
ISBN-10
0393325059
ISBN-13
9780393325058
Category
History
Pages
281
Language
English
Published
2003-10-28
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
Helmut Walser Smith

Description

Traces the events surrounding the murder of a German boy in 1900 and the Jewish butcher accused of the crime, piecing together the rumors, accusations, and anti-Semitic fervor that marked the case. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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