“Are You People Jewish?” The Mistaken Identity of Mary Rosenblatt in the 1952 Harry Lee Murder Case
In June 1952, wife and mother Mary Rosenblatt was shot and killed in Sheffield, Ontario – allegedly by her lover Harry Lee. Lee, a mixed-race man, was hanged for the crime nine months later. In the six decades following his death, Rosenblatt has been consistently described as Jewish, yet Rosenblatt...
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Language: | English |
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The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/York University Libraries
2015-11-01
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Series: | Canadian Jewish Studies |
Online Access: | https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/39929 |