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

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

by Helmut Walser Smith
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Availability:In StockContributor:Helmut Walser SmithPublish date:2003-11-17Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393325058ISBN-10:393325059UPC:9780393325058Book Category:True Crime, HistoryBook Subcategory:Murder, Europe, JewishBook Topic:GermanySize:8.24 x 5.55 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCVGJPDZBC

In 1900, in a small Prussian town, a young boy was found murdered, his body dismembered, the blood drained from his limbs. The Christians of the town quickly rose up in violent riots to accuse the Jews of ritual murder--the infamous blood-libel charge that has haunted Jews for centuries. In an absorbing narrative, Helmut Walser Smith reconstructs the murder and the ensuing storm of anti-Semitism that engulfed this otherwise peaceful town. Offering an instructive examination of hatred, bigotry, and mass hysteria, The Butcher's Tale is a modern parable that will be a classic for years to come.

Winner of the Fraenkel Award and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2002.

Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393325058ISBN-10:393325059UPC:9780393325058Book Category:True Crime, HistoryBook Subcategory:Murder, Europe, JewishBook Topic:GermanySize:8.24 x 5.55 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCVGJPDZBC
Smith, Helmut Walser: - Helmut Walser Smith is the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the author of the acclaimed The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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