pogrom
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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
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
"It's something we used to imagine from our grandfathers, grandmothers in the pogrom in Europe and other places," Israeli Major General Itai Veruv said.
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
Fancy masquerading in America because twenty-five centuries ago the Jews escaped a pogrom in Persia.
From The Melting-Pot by Zangwill, Israel
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