Album der Beilis Prozess [Album of the Beilis Trial]. Lodz: М. Крышекъ, 1913. Yiddish and Russian.
Booklet documenting in pictures the trial held against Menahem Mendel Beilis, and various individuals related to the affair, including the murder victim, judges, witnesses, lawyers, and others. Each pictue is captioned in Yiddish and Russian.
Menahem Mendel Beilis was accused of the ritual murder of a Ukrainian Christian boy, Andrei Iushchinskii, in April, 1911. Beilis was arrested on the basis of a false testimony, and his trial commenced in September 1913. The purported murder and trial triggered an anti-Jewish campaign of incitement. Beilis was finally acquitted on November 10, 1913, following three years in detention. In the wake of the 1917 Revolution, a commission of inquiry into the affair was established. Its findings revealed that the authorities were fully aware of the true story; the trial was staged, and the motives behind it were purely anti-Semitic. This booklet was printed to mark the occasion of Beilis's acquittal. The final picture shows Beilis as a free man, after his release from prison.
[13] pp., 8X16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Marginal tear to title page. Gilt hardcover. Minor blemishes and abrasions to cover.