The existing existi ng historiography on these topics explores more often the perception of Jews in late-Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union most of the sources written about blood libel in Russia focus mainly on the influences which led to the blood libel accusation rather than providing much information on individual blood libel cases, in the exception of the Beilis case, which is mentioned and discussed in detail in nearly all of the sources in this annotated bibliography.
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These themes are those such as a mob mentality, the creation of two groups in society: one included and accepted group which is staunchly opposed to the presence and ideals of “the Other” which threatens their sense of national identity, the accumulation and fabrication of evidence, the importance of witness testimony, the influence of the media, the use of the accusation for personal gain, and th e influence of the agenda of the ruling power.The major sources in this annotated bibliography are the following: Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia: The Ritual Murder Trial of Mendel Beilis by Robert Weinberg, “Empowerment, Defiance, and Demise: Jews and the Blood Libel Specter under Stalinism” by Elissa Bemporad, “The “Ritual Murder” Case in Kiev” by George Kennan, and Stalin’s Last Crime: The Plot Against the Jewish Doctors, 1948-1953 by Jonathan Brent and Vladimir P. The topic of exploring a connection between blood libel in late-Tsarist Russia and the Stalinist Terror is important because it identifies how resonant themes from blood libel trials and accusations persisted in the Soviet consciousness and reappeared in the Terror.
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