pogrom
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The term "pogrom" refers to violent attacks against Jews because of their religion.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
Shlomo Mansour was born in Baghdad and as a child survived the Farhud pogrom against the Iraqi capital's Jewish community in 1941.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025
"It's something that we used to imagine from our grandfathers, grandmothers in the pogrom in Europe and other places."
From Reuters • Oct. 10, 2023
She recalled hearing glass shattering on Kristallnacht, the pogrom in November 1938 that marked a turning point in Hitler’s persecution of Jews in Europe.
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2023
When the July pogroms were over, it seemed as if the pogrom epidemic had died out, and no one expected that it would soon break out afresh.
From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by Friedlaender, I.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
