Pogrom begins bloody century

Cleveland Jewish News | June 20, 2003| | Copyright

Geduld, Herb
Cleveland Jewish News
06-20-2003
In 1903, the bustling town of Kishinev in Russian Bessarabia had a
population of about 110,000, of whom over 50,000, or 46%, were Jews. Jews
had been present in the town since the 18th century, and Jewish life
flourished with 16 Jewish schools and over 2,000 pupils.

In February 1903, a young Russian boy was killed in the town of Dabossary,
about 25 miles north of Kishinev. The age-old calumny against the Jews -
that the boy had been killed to use his blood in preparation of matzo - was
spread through the rural population.

The lie - the boys' uncle was ...

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