POGROMS — Pogrom is a Russian word designating an attack, accompanied by destruction, looting of property, murder, and rape, perpetrated by one section of the population against another. In modern Russian history pogroms have been perpetrated against other … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POLAND — POLAND, republic in E. Central Europe; the kingdom of Poland and the grand duchy of Lithuania united formally (Poland Lithuania) in 1569. This article is arranged according to the following outline: the early settlements jewish legal status… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Pogroms in Ukraine — It is estimated that one third of Europe s Jews lived in Ukraine. During the past 500 years numerous atrocities against the Jewish population have occurred at specific times of turmoil.During the period of the Cossack revolution Before 1917… … Wikipedia
pogroms — Organized anti Semitic violence, known as pogroms, became a fact of Russian political life beginning in the early 1880s. Russia had in the last decades of the Romanov dynasty the largest Jewish population in Europe. But Russian chauvinists saw … Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence
Poland — Estimated Gypsy population: 35,000; according to the last national census (2003), there are 12,900 Roma in Poland. Romanies first arrived on the territory of present day Poland during the 15th century. By the end of that century, several… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies
History of the Jews in Poland — The history of the Jews in Poland dates back over a millennium. [ [http://polishjews.org/ polishjews.org] ] Poland was home to the largest Jewish population in Europe and served as the center for Jewish culture, ranging from a long period of… … Wikipedia
The Lviv pogroms controversy (1941) — In June–July 1941 it is estimated that between 4,000 7,000 East European civilians, many of whom were Jews, were murdered in Lviv. Much confusion has arisen because of the mixing two separate, but related atrocities: The massacre of an estimated… … Wikipedia
Kiev Pogroms (1919) — The Kiev pogroms of 1919 refers to a series of Jewish pogroms in various places around Kiev carried out by Cossacks and the White Armies.Benjamin Frankel, A Restless Mind: Essays in Honor of Amos Perlmutter . Published by Routledge, pg. 272 [http … Wikipedia
Lviv pogroms — The Lviv pogroms was a of Jews living in and near the city of Lviv in the Nazi occupied Ukraine) that took place in July 1941 during World War II. During the interbellum, Lviv had the third largest Jewish population in Poland, which swelled… … Wikipedia
History of Poland during the Jagiellon dynasty — History of Poland … Wikipedia
