Pogrom
Kishinev and the Tilt of History
New York ; London : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xx, 261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
So shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampagethat broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903,that one historian remarked that it was "nothing lessthan a prototype for the Holocaust itself." In three days of violence,49 Jews were killed and 600 raped or wounded, whilemore than 1,000 Jewish-owned houses and stores were ransackedand destroyed. Recounted in lurid detail by newspapersthroughout the Western world, and covered sensationallyby America's Hearst press, the pre-Easter attacks seized theimagination of an international public, quickly becoming theprototype for what would become known as a "pogrom," andproviding the impetus for efforts as varied as The Protocols ofthe Elders of Zion and the NAACP. Using new evidence culledfrom Russia, Israel, and Europe, distinguished historian StevenJ. Zipperstein's wide-ranging book brings historical insight andclarity to a much-misunderstood event that would do so muchto transform twentieth-century Jewish life and beyond.
Subjects:
Kishinev Massacre, Chiinu, Moldova, 1903.
Pogroms -- Moldova -- Chiinu -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Moldova -- Chiinu -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Moldova -- Chiinu -- History -- 20th century.
Massacres -- Moldova -- Chi̦sina -- History -- 20th century.
Chiinu (Moldova) -- Ethnic relations.
Kishinev Massacre, Chiinu, Moldova, 1903.
Pogroms -- Moldova -- Chiinu -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Moldova -- Chiinu -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Moldova -- Chiinu -- History -- 20th century.
Massacres -- Moldova -- Chi̦sina -- History -- 20th century.
Chiinu (Moldova) -- Ethnic relations.
ISBN:
9781631492693 (hardcover)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243) and index.