The Background of the Hilsner Case. Political Antisemitism and Allegations of Ritual Murder 1896 - 1900 Cover Image
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The Background of the Hilsner Case. Political Antisemitism and Allegations of Ritual Murder 1896 - 1900
The Background of the Hilsner Case. Political Antisemitism and Allegations of Ritual Murder 1896 - 1900

Author(s): Michal Frankl
Subject(s): History
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Political Antisemitism and Allegations of Ritual Murder;

Summary/Abstract: The murder of a nineteen-year old woman named Anežka Hrùzová committed in the spring of 1899 near the town of Polná on the Czech-Moravian border caused an uproar. Immediately, rumours began spreading that poor Anežka had become the victim of a Jewish ritual murder, that she was 'koshered down'. The popular whisper soon found its culprit: the common people pointed their fingers at the Jewish vagrant Leopold Hilsner.

  • Issue Year: XXXVI/2000
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 34-118
  • Page Count: 84
  • Language: English