Opis: Butcher's Tale Murder - Helmut Walser Smith, Smith

In 1900, in a small country town in the eastern reaches of the German Empire, a German boy is found frozen beneath the ice. He has been brutally murdered, the blood drained from his dismembered body. The crime resembles traditional blood libel accusations against the Jews. When a Jewish butcher is accused of committing the murder, the town explodes in an anti-Semitic fervour. Using vast amounts of previously undiscovered material, Helmut Walser Smith, a professor of German history, has pieced together the web of false stories and accusations, the abundance of rumour and malice that engulfed this Prussian town. Reminiscent of a true historical thriller in its dramatic intensity, The Butcher's Tale presciently anticipates the Nazi pogroms that would descend on Germany three decades later. "- "In this pioneering study, Helmut Smith brilliantly brings this collective madness to life... This is a lucid exemplar of social and cultural history at its best." Peter Gay

Szczegóły: Butcher's Tale Murder - Helmut Walser Smith, Smith

Tytuł: Butcher's Tale Murder
Autor: Helmut Walser Smith, Smith
Producent: W.W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393050981
Rok produkcji: 2002
Ilość stron: 288
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.55 kg

Recenzje: Butcher's Tale Murder - Helmut Walser Smith, Smith