pogrom
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The Farhud, the 1941 pogrom in Baghdad, for instance, began the end of a 2,600-year-old community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Several participants in the commemoration were draped in Israeli and EU flags, as they paid their respects at a monument erected in 2001 to mark the site of the pogrom.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
"It pains me to say this just two days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht," said Felix Klein government commissioner for tackling antisemitism, referring to a 1938 pogrom.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023
The term "pogrom" refers to violent and organised attacks against Jews, and is particularly associated with pre-Second World War eastern Europe.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023
Similar acts occurred in several other places, until the Russian Government stopped this pogrom movement in order to prevent the Polish nationalism from getting stronger.
From The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 by Various
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