Schwartzbard trial

Schwartzbard trial

Sholem Schwartzbard's speech the court. Below him, Henri Torrès, his attorney. Oct. 1927
Native name	Процес Шварцбарда
Date	October 18–26, 1927 (1927-10-18 – 1927-10-26)
Location	Paris, France
Type	Trial
Cause	Assassination of Symon Petliura
Motive	Revenge for antisemitic pogroms in Ukraine
Casualties
Symon Petliura
Accused	Sholem Schwarzbard
Charges	Murder
Verdict	Acquittal

The Schwartzbard trial was a sensational 1927 French murder trial in which Samuel "Sholem" Schwartzbard was accused of murdering the Ukrainian immigrant and head of the Ukrainian government-in-exile Symon Petliura. The trial quickly began to revolve around Petliura's responsibility for the 1919-1920 pogroms in Ukraine, during which Schwartzbard had lost all 15 members of his family. During the trial, prosecution alleged that Schwartzbard was a Soviet agent and assassinated Petliura on Soviet orders. This view is still widely held, especially in Ukraine, but is far from universal.^[1] Schwartzbard was acquitted of all charges.