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Ritual Murder Agitation in Dagestan, Russia

April 29, 1929
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An attempt to raise the ritual murder libel was made in Dagestan by a student named Kurban. The agitation started by him was checked by an investigation of the authorities which proved his assertions to be pure imagination. He will be tried for anti-Semitic propaganda.

The tale which Kurban attempted to spread was that he saw a Jew lure a boy into his house and try to pump blood for Passover food. He added that “knowing that the Jews use blood,”he notified the militia, which released the boy. The militia had no record of any such call.

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