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Auction 73 · Lot 221
(RUSSIA)
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Ekaterinoslav (i.e. Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
Publication
1913
Description
Mimeographed Russian Broadside: “Invitation to Encourage an Attack Against the Jews: Wake up Christians, Stop the Jews from Sucking Our Blood. October 21st at 3am, Attack and Destroy all Jewish (“Beilis”) Properties and Persons. The Government is Killing Russia by Trusting the Jews. Support Our Russia… The Signal for the Pogrom will be a Torch of Fire in all Corners of the City - Be Ready.”
summary
A frightening example of organized terror, indicating that “sporadic” outbreaks of violence against the Jews in Russia - was anything but.
Torn at folds. 7 x 9 inches.
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