Blood Accusation: Strange History of Beiliss Case

Plot

Menahem Mendel Beilis (sometimes spelled Beiliss[1]; Russian: ??????? ??????? ??????, Yiddish: ???? ????? ??????; 1874-1934) was a Ukrainian Jew accused of ritual murder (see Blood libel) in Kiev in Russian Empire in a notorious 1913 trial, known as the "Beilis trial" or "Beilis affair". The process sparked international criticism of the antisemitic policies in the Russian Empire. Beilis's story was the basis for Bernard Malamud's novel The Fixer, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.