Tiszaeszlár Affair - the blood plot in an attempt to accuse the Jews of kidnapping and murdering a Christian girl - ...

Tiszaeszlár Affair - the blood plot in an attempt to accuse the Jews of kidnapping and murdering a Christian girl - an internal protocol from the court hearings

Beilagen zum Thatbestand Tisza-Eszlarer Criminal- Affaire - The criminal case of Tiszaeszlár. A report that published during the trial, and discusses in great detail the alleged evidence for accusing the Jews of the "Tiszaeszlár plot", in which a group of Jews were accused of kidnapping and murdering a Christian girl. German. The report was published during the court hearings before the sentencing, 1882-1883.

The Tiszaeszlár Affair was a blood plot, which widespread in the Hungarian town of Tiszaeszlár, after a Christian girl named Solymosi Eszter, who served as a maid in a Jewish family's home, disappeared from her home and did not return on Saturday, April 1, 1882, four days before Passover. When all means to locate her failed, a rumor began to spread in the town that the Jews had murdered her in a ritual murder and used her blood to bake matzot for Passover. On the same day, the Shamash of the community, Yosef Sharp and his wife, were arrested, along with the butcher Schwartz, and the investigation began. During the next two months, fifteen Jews were arrested as being involved in the case and imprisoned in the district city of Nirjahaza awaiting trial. False testimony was collected and a long and inflammatory legal process began, the purpose of which was to prove their guilt. The Jewish community turned to the journalist advocate and member of the Hungarian House of Representatives, Eötvös Károly, who took on the defense. During the trial, about 33 sessions of the court were held, in which all the accused and dozens of other witnesses related to the incident were questioned. In these hearings, Eötvös managed to prove that the evidence collected was false, he protested the torture used by the investigators and finally, over a year into the trial, on August 3, 1883, the trial ended with the acquittals of all the accused "for lack of evidence".

The report before us brings in great detail the discussions and conclusions surrounding the autopsy, and the examination of the various evidence based on the marks found on the body itself, the manner in which it was found near the river, the examination of the various marks in light of the evidence received, attempts to find out the allegations made against the Jews who were suspected of being involved in the murder, various accusations of the prosecution against the Jews who supposedly tried to hide evidence from the court, examination of testimonies of people who were found a short distance from the body, examination of the possibility of death by drowning, and more. The entire report is printed on the right side of each page with a blank space to the left for notes and markings.

Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaCohen Fishman's (Maimon) copy with his Ex-libris in the lining of the cover. Some pages have markings and highlights.

Extremely rare, does not appear in the world catalog of libraries "world cat".

48, 54 p. 33 cm. Slight tears at the edges of some of the pages. Restorations by pasting paper on the last pages. General condition good - moderate.