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The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town
In 1900, in a small Prussian town, a young boy was found murdered, his body dismembered, the blood drained from his limbs. The Christians of the town quickly rose up in violent riots to accuse the Jews of ritual murder--the infamous blood-libel charge that has haunted Jews for centuries. In an absorbing narrative, Helmut Walser Smith reconstructs the murder and the ensuing storm of anti-Semitism that engulfed this otherwise peaceful town. Offering an instructive examination of hatred, bigotry, and mass hysteria, The Butcher's Tale is a modern parable that will be a classic for years to come.
Winner of the Fraenkel Award and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2002.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Nov 17th, 2003
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.24in - 5.55in - 0.71in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780393325058
- Categories: • Murder - General• Europe - Germany• Jewish - General
About the Author
Smith, Helmut Walser: - Helmut Walser Smith is the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the author of the acclaimed The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Praise for this book
[A] pioneering study, at once tightly focused and broadly conceived...This is a lucid exemplar of social and cultural history at its best.--Peter Gay
Smith brilliantly pursues the many clues in the case, tracing the transformation of lies, gossip, spurious facts, and the reporting of the anti-Semitic press into conviction.--Barbara Fisher "Boston Globe"
As absorbing as a mystery novel...stimulating, thoughtfully argued, informative and eye-opening.--Merle Rubin "Los Angeles Times"
Chilling...reads like a thrilling true-crime story.-- "The Forward"
This powerful volume will appeal to true-crime readers and anyone interested in the dynamics that can turn a peaceful community into a place of hatred and violence.-- "Publishers Weekly"
A disturbing and often downright frightening examination of how easily 'civilized' societies can succumb to their prejudices and cross over into hysterical barbarism.--Jay Freeman "Booklist"