pogrom Synonyms
pogrom Meaning
Wordnet
pogrom (n)
organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
pogrom Sentence Examples
- The violent pogrom against Jews in Kishinev, Moldova, in 1903 left hundreds dead and thousands injured.
- The Holocaust began with a series of pogroms against Jews across Europe in the early 1930s.
- The largest pogrom in Russian history occurred in 1881, with over 1,000 Jews killed.
- During the 1919–1921 Polish-Soviet War, there were numerous pogroms against Jews in Poland.
- The anti-Semitic pogrom in Hebron in 1929 resulted in the massacre of 67 Jews.
- The Kristallnacht pogrom in Germany in 1938 was a harbinger of the Holocaust.
- The Lviv pogroms in 1941 were carried out by Nazi Germany and Ukrainian collaborators, killing thousands of Jews.
- The Jedwabne pogrom in Poland in 1941 saw nearly 400 Jews murdered by their Polish neighbors.
- The Kielce pogrom in Poland in 1946 was one of the last major anti-Semitic pogroms in Europe.
- The memory of the pogroms remains a source of trauma and pain for many Jewish communities around the world.
FAQs About the word pogrom
organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
carnage, massacre, slaughter,genocide, holocaust, extermination, death, mortality, homicide, manslaughter
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The violent pogrom against Jews in Kishinev, Moldova, in 1903 left hundreds dead and thousands injured.
The Holocaust began with a series of pogroms against Jews across Europe in the early 1930s.
The largest pogrom in Russian history occurred in 1881, with over 1,000 Jews killed.
During the 1919–1921 Polish-Soviet War, there were numerous pogroms against Jews in Poland.
