Употрѣбяватъ ли евреитѣ христианска кръвь? [Do Jews Use the Blood of Christians?], by Saul Mezan. Sofia: Централна консистория на евреитѣ въ България (the Jewish Consistory of Bulgaria), [mid-late 1920s]. Bulgarian.
Booklet published by The Jewish Consistory of Bulgaria, providing evidence found in scripture, papal encyclicals, documents by various leaders, potentates and Christian scholars, which refute the common assertion that Jews use the blood of Christians for ritual purposes – a claim which instigated numerous blood libels (possibly, the booklet was published as a response to a blood libel that spread on the eve of Rosh HaShanah, 1929, claiming that a Christian girl was abducted by a cantor from the city of Haskovo).
The author, Saul Mezan (1893-1943), Bulgarian poet, Judaic scholar and Zionist activist – delegate to the 12th Zionist Congress, and translator of the works of Jabotinsky (with whom he corresponded) to Bulgarian. Following the "Law for the Protection of the Nation" (the Bulgarian racial law, 1941), he became a dissident, was expelled from Bulgaria, and joined the Partisans. The circumstances of his death and the whereabouts of his burial place remain unknown.
32, [2] pp., 23 cm. Good condition. Stains to cover. Minor stains to pages. Corners creased. Minor marginal tears. Front and back cover detached; open tears to margins. Spine crumbled, with loss.
Rare booklet. One copy listed in OCLC (in the NLI).