pogrom
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"We thought we were safe. Our grandparents and great grandparents -- Holocaust survivors -- many of them came to here to escape hate and to escape bloodshed, pogrom, persecution," he said.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
As reports of antisemitism surge in Germany and elsewhere, commemorations of the Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht have taken on special resonance this year.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2023
The United States condemned the events, which a State Department spokesperson said had "looked like a pogrom."
From Reuters • Oct. 30, 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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