The murders of Moisés Ville : the rise and fall of the Jerusalem of South America / Javier Sinay ; translated from the Spanish by Robert Croll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinay, Javier, 1980- author.

Contributor:

Croll, Robert, 1993- translator.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Crímenes de Moisés Ville. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Murder--Argentina--Moisés Ville--History--19th century.

Murder.

Jews--Crimes against--Argentina--Moisés Ville--History--19th century.

Jews.

Immigrants--Argentina--Moisés Ville--History.

Immigrants.

Murder--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Moisés Ville (Argentina)--History.

Moisés Ville (Argentina).

Jews--Crimes against.

Argentina--Moisés Ville.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 265 pages : map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Restless Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, New York : Restless Books, 2022.

Summary:

Award-winning journalist Javier Sinay investigates a series of murders from the nineteenth century, unearthing the complex history and legacy of Moisés Ville, the "Jerusalem of South America," and his personal connection to a defining period of Jewish history in Argentina.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Journey

2. An Argentine Jerusalem

3. Definitely Endangered

4. Krisis Disco, Moisesvishe

5. Memory and Myth in the Cemetery

6. Rebellion in the Colony

7. The Killing of the Waisman Family (and Remembrance as Duty)

8. Legacies and Sentences

9. A Journalist's Dream

10. The Enigma of Der Viderkol

11. News of a Murder in Die Volks Stimme

12. Cops and Colonists

13. Alternative Histories

14. Final Versions of an Incomplete History.

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-258).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781632062987

1632062984

OCLC:

1295103711