Poslednee slovo po Delu Beilisa

 

Name
Koshko, A. F. (Arkadiĭ Frant︠s︡evich), 1867-1928 or 1929 (Author)
Title
Poslednee slovo po Delu Beilisa
Abstract
Arkadii Frantsevich Koshko was a chief of Moscow Criminal Investigation Department. This excerpt from his memoirs concerns the Beilis ritual murder case. On March 20, 1911, the mutilated body of a twelve-year-old boy was discovered in a cave near Kiev, Ukraine. Although a police investigation pointed to a gang of thieves, pressure from anti-Semitic organizations led to the arrest of a Jewish scapeg oat, Menahem Mendel Beilis. The Beilis trial attracted worldwide attention, inspiring protests and public outcries by political leaders, artists, clergymen, and many others. Beilis was imprisoned for more than two years, found not guilty, and with his family left Russia for the Land of Israel. In 1920 he settled in the United States. He died in 1934 in New York and was buried in the Bronx.
Collection Name
Koshko Family Memoirs
Subjects
Jews, Russian; Murder--Investigation; Antisemitism; Jews--Persecutions; Beĭlis, Mendelʹ, 1874-1934
Format
manuscripts
Genre
manuscripts
Date
between 1911 and 1929
Note (Ownership)
Purchase
Language
Russian
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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The melting pot
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8GQ8F01