Elias Tcherikower

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Elias Tcherikower, Eliahu Tcherikower, Elias Tscherikower, I. M. Cherikover (1881-1943), was a historian of Judaism or the Jewish people.

In August 1925, along with Max Weinreich and Nochum Shtif, he helped establish the Jewish research institute YIVO.

He is more often remembered for his research on the notorious Protocols of Zion and for his participation in the Berne Trial of 1935 and his presentation of evidence and testimony for the prosecution against the Protocols.

Works

  • Jewish Martyrology and Jewish Historiography
Reprint from Yivo Annual of Jewish Social Science
vol. 1, 1946

See also

  • Protocols of Zion

External links


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