pogrom

Example Sentences

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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

“I see the result in a very good light,” he told Army Radio when asked about what the interviewer referred to as a pogrom.

From Seattle Times

“Most shuls in the Pale are made of wood, too, because of restrictions on using stone. And if this happened in his childhood, it could have been during the pogroms.”

From Literature

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, however, pogroms — riots incited to terrorize and kill Jews — led many across the Russian Empire to emigrate.

From Washington Post

Councilman Paul Koretz, who is running for city controller and co-authored the Ukraine resolution, said his mother’s family fled Kyiv a century ago to escape Russian pogroms.

From Los Angeles Times