According to his autobiography, after hearing the news that Petlura has relocated to Paris, Schwartzbard became distraught and started plotting Petlura's assassination. Schwartzbard pulled out a gun shooting him five times and, after Petlura fell to the pavement, twice more.
When the police came and asked if he had done the deed, he reportedly said, "I have killed a great assassin. Schwartzbard was arrested and was put on trial by the Public Court Committee on October 18, His defense was led by Henri Torres , a renowned French jurist who had previously defended anarchists such as Buenaventura Durruti and Ernesto Bonomini and who also represented the Soviet consulate in France. The core of Schwartzbard's defense was to attempt to show that he was avenging the deaths of victims of pogroms, whereas the prosecution both criminal and civil tried to show that:.
Both sides brought on many witnesses, including several historians. A notable witness for the defense was Haia Greenberg aged 29 , a local nurse who survived the Proskurov pogroms and testified about the carnage. She never said that Petliura personally participated in the event, but rather some other soldiers who did said that they were directed by Petlura.
Several former Ukrainian officers testified for the prosecution. After a trial lasting eight days the jury acquitted Schwarztbard. After his acquittal in Sholom Schwartzbard decided to emigrate to Palestine, which was under British Mandate.
However, the British authorities refused him a visa. He died in Cape Town on March 3, Several cities in Israel have streets named after him, including Jerusalem and Beersheba. Schwartzbard was popularly referred to as the nokem - the avenger- of Ukrainian Jewry. Military Wiki Explore. Popular pages. Grant Richard Winters Harry Welsh. Project maintenance. Schwartzbard was arrested and was put on trial by the Public Court Committee on October 18, His defense was led by Henri Torres, a renowned French jurist who had previously defended anarchists such as Buenaventura Durruti and Ernesto Bonomini and who also represented the Soviet consulate in France.
The core of Schwartzbard's defense was to attempt to show that he was avenging the deaths of victims of pogroms, whereas the prosecution both criminal and civil tried to show that:.
Both sides brought on many witnesses, including several historians. A notable witness for the defense was Haia Greenberg aged 29 , a local nurse who survived the Proskurov pogroms and testified about the carnage. She never said that Petliura personally participated in the event, but rather some other soldiers who did said that they were directed by Petlura.
Several former Ukrainian officers testified for the prosecution. After his acquittal in Sholom Schwartzbard decided to emigrate to Palestine, which was under British Mandate. However, the British authorities refused him a visa. He died in Cape Town on March 3, In , in accordance with his will, his remains were transported to Israel and buried in Moshav Avihayil. Several cities in Israel have streets named after him, including Jerusalem and Beersheba. Schwartzbard was popularly referred to as the nokem - the avenger- of Ukrainian Jewry.
Submit memories. Login Register. Omnia mutantur. Nihil interit. Sholom Schwartzbard Sholom Schwartzbard. Please add an image! Birth Date: It is reported that he had previously planned to assassinate Petliura at a gathering of Ukrainian emigrants marking Petliura's birthday, but the attempt was foiled by anarchist Nestor Makhno who was also at the function.
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Banfield b. Home Contact Privacy. The core of Schwartzbard's defense was to attempt to show that he was avenging the deaths of victims of pogroms, whereas the prosecution both criminal and civil tried to show that: i Petlura was not responsible for the pogroms and ii Schwartzbard was a Soviet agent.
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