num_pages: 288
description: An Economist Best Book of the YearFinalist for the National Jewish Book Award (History) Separating historical fact from fantasy an acclaimed historian retells the story of Kishinev a riot that transformed the course of twentieth-century Jewish history. So shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev the rampage that broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903 that one historian remarked that it was nothing less than a prototype for the Holocaust itself. In three days of violence 49 Jews were killed and 600 raped or wounded while more than 1000 Jewish-owned houses and stores were ransacked and destroyed. Recounted in lurid detail by newspapers throughout the Western world and covered sensationally by Americas Hearst press the pre-Easter attacks seized the imagination of an international public quickly becoming the prototype for what would become known as a pogrom and providing the impetus for efforts as varied as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the NAACP. Using new evidence culled from Russia Israel and Europe distinguished historian Steven J. Zippersteins wide-ranging book brings historical insight and clarity to a much-misunderstood event that would do so much to transform twentieth-century Jewish life and beyond. 40 illustrations
language: English
title: Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History
publisher: Liveright