Menahem Mendel Beilis
Deceased Person
1874 – 1934
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Who was Menahem Mendel Beilis?
Menahem Mendel Beilis, 1874 – July 7, 1934, was a Russian Jew accused of ritual murder in Kiev in the Russian Empire in a notorious 1913 trial, known as the "Beilis trial" or "Beilis affair". The process sparked international criticism of the antisemitic policies of 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.
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