Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History

By Steven J. Zipperstein

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631492691
• ISBN13: 9781631492693
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"