Auction 5 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
The Lynch of Leo Frank – Anti-Semitism, United States
Opening: $350
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
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.
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.
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