Butchers Tale: Murder And Anti-Semitism In A German Town; Author: Smith, Helmut W.; Hardback; Book

Author: Smith, Helmut W.
Hardback; Book; Map, Illustrations
288 pages
Published: October 2002
W.W. Norton & Company Ltd
ISBN: 039305098X

In 1900, in the German Empire, the body of a murdered boy is found frozen beneath the ice. Using new material, Smith has pieced together the web of false stories and accusations that engulfed the Prussian town. The Butcher's Tale anticipates the Nazi pogroms that would descend on Germany three decades later--a true historical thriller. Map, illustrations.Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town. Reminiscent of a true historical thriller in its dramatic intensity, 'The Butcher's Tale' presciently anticipates the Nazi pobroms that would descend on Germany three decades later.In 1900, in a small country town of the German Empire, a German boy is found murdered in a crime which resembles traditional blood libel accusation against the Jews. When the Jewish butcher is accused, the town explodes in an anti-Semitic fervour. Professor Smith pieces the story together.