The murder of Anezka Hruzova in Bohemia in 1899 is the only case in history in which a Jew (Leopold Hilsner) was found guilty of “Jewish ritual murder”. This Kafkaesque trial is the reason why “Jewish ritual murder” is accepted as a fact in the antisemitic and Arab press. How did this bizarre case unravel? Why did prominent Jews support Dreyfus but not Hilsner? Why is the verdict not yet overturned?
Charles Heller is the grandson of Siegfried Heller, who was Hilsner’s guardian. He has visited Czech Republic many times and is familiar with modern research in this case, most of which is not available in English.
