Pogrom: Kishinev And The Tilt Of History
by Steven J. Zipperstein /
2018 / English / PDF
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So shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampage that
broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903, that one historian
remarked that it was "nothing less than a prototype for the
Holocaust itself." In three days of violence, 49 Jews were killed
and 600 raped or wounded, while more than 1,000 Jewish-owned houses
and stores were ransacked and destroyed. Recounted in lurid detail
by newspapers throughout the Western world, and covered
sensationally by America's Hearst press, the pre-Easter attacks
seized the imagination of an international public, quickly becoming
the prototype for what would become known as a "pogrom," and
providing the impetus for efforts as varied as The Protocols of the
Elders of Zion and the NAACP. Using new evidence culled from
Russia, Israel, and Europe, distinguished historian Steven J.
Zipperstein's wide-ranging book brings historical insight and
clarity to a much-misunderstood event that would do so much to
transform twentieth-century Jewish life and beyond.
So shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampage that
broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903, that one historian
remarked that it was "nothing less than a prototype for the
Holocaust itself." In three days of violence, 49 Jews were killed
and 600 raped or wounded, while more than 1,000 Jewish-owned houses
and stores were ransacked and destroyed. Recounted in lurid detail
by newspapers throughout the Western world, and covered
sensationally by America's Hearst press, the pre-Easter attacks
seized the imagination of an international public, quickly becoming
the prototype for what would become known as a "pogrom," and
providing the impetus for efforts as varied as The Protocols of the
Elders of Zion and the NAACP. Using new evidence culled from
Russia, Israel, and Europe, distinguished historian Steven J.
Zipperstein's wide-ranging book brings historical insight and
clarity to a much-misunderstood event that would do so much to
transform twentieth-century Jewish life and beyond.