Pogroms
Pogroms are violent assaults on people of specific religions or ethnicities meant to completely massacre or persecute the group. Pogroms are most often associated with the Jewish people and religion. Most of the earliest known pogroms took place in Russian territories circa 1890’s-1920’s largely because of Russia’s anti-Semitic views. Anti-Semitism arose in Russia as a result of disagreements between Judaism and Eastern Orthodox religious views and unwanted business competition between Christian, Russian citizens and Jewish, Russian citizens. Being an unpopular group, Jews were often subjects of false accusations and targets for pogroms. One such incident was instigated when Russian citizens accused the Jews of killing a recently assassinated Csar (Russian leader). As a result, the Russian citizens felt they had a “justified” reason to assault the Jews. Soon after, pogroms became regular means to use as outlets for anger towards the Jews. During these times, thousands of Jews were beaten, looted, killed, and raped.
As time progressed, Russia’s hostility towards the Jews only escalated as Jews were now thought to habitually murder children for their Jewish rituals. In fact, the Jews were thought of as so less that some politicians and authority figures began condoning these atrocities in order to try and win political favor with the citizens of Russia. One notable pogrom occurred after the Bolshevik Revolution (1917), when Ukrainian officials, soldiers, and Polish officials killed tens of thousands of Jews for the sake of needing an outlet for their anger. Pogroms continued to rear their ugly heads up continuously and were routinely practiced in Nazi Germany until around 1946. All things considered, Pogroms are unnecessary, violent abominations that brought nothing, but sadness, death, and despair in their wake.
As time progressed, Russia’s hostility towards the Jews only escalated as Jews were now thought to habitually murder children for their Jewish rituals. In fact, the Jews were thought of as so less that some politicians and authority figures began condoning these atrocities in order to try and win political favor with the citizens of Russia. One notable pogrom occurred after the Bolshevik Revolution (1917), when Ukrainian officials, soldiers, and Polish officials killed tens of thousands of Jews for the sake of needing an outlet for their anger. Pogroms continued to rear their ugly heads up continuously and were routinely practiced in Nazi Germany until around 1946. All things considered, Pogroms are unnecessary, violent abominations that brought nothing, but sadness, death, and despair in their wake.
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