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(Xt) Desportes, Henri; Drumont, Édouard : TUÉ PAR LES JUIFS: AVRIL 1890: HISTOIRE D'UN MEURTRE RITUEL

Paris: Albert Savine, 1890

1st Edition. Period Boards with Original Paper Wrappers bound inside. 12mo. 60 pages; 18 cm. In French. Antisemitic French title featuring a blood libel accusation which helped stoke Antisemitic feelings in France leading up to the Dreyfus Affair. Title Translates into English as, “Killed by the Jews: April 1890: History of a Ritual Murder. ” “Henri Desportes was a Catholic priest and French essayist… His book, ‘Killed by the Jews: April 1890: History of a Ritual Murder’ is based on a crime that took place in Algeria, which revived blood libel against Jews. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) Includes a 6 page preface by the notable Anti-Semite Édouard Drumont. “(Drumont) founded the Antisemitic League of France in 1889, and was the founder and editor of the newspaper La Libre Parole. After spending years of research, he synthesized three major strands of antisemitism. The first strand was traditional Catholic attitudes toward the ‘Christ killers’ augmented by vehement antipathy toward the French Revolution. The second strand was hostility to capitalism, of the sort promoted by the Socialist movement. The third strand was scientific racism, based on the argument that races have fixed characteristics, and the Jews have highly negative characteristics. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Blood accusation -- Syria -- Damascus. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Water damage throughout. Tear to Original Paper Wrapper with one letter effected. Good- condition. (FR-2-11)

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