Lot 181
The Lynch of Leo Frank – Anti-Semitism, United States
Postcard showing Leo Frank hanging. Georgia, United States.
Leo Frank was the victim of the only lynch to have taken place against a Jew in the United States. In 1913 Frank, a Jewish businessman, was convicted of the rape and murder of a 14-year old Christian girl and was sentenced to life. In August 1915 a crowd broke into the prison yard, kidnapped Frank, lynched and hung him.
Good condition, signs of tearing on the back.
