Media Essay
Pogroms (Abridged Article) - Photograph
Desecration of objects from the Zeven synagogue
German children, behind an SS man, watch as religious objects from the Zeven synagogue are set on fire during Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass"). Zeven, Germany, November 10, 1938.
Item ViewScene during a pogrom against the Jews of Lvov. Poland, 1941.
Scene during a pogrom against the Jews of Lvov. Poland, 1941.
Item ViewRoundup of Jews in Kovno, Lithuania
Lithuanian militiamen in Kovno round up Jewish women. Kovno, Lithuania, June-July, 1941.
Item ViewCoffins containing bodies of Jews killed in the Kielce pogrom
Coffins containing bodies of Jews killed in the Kielce pogrom. Poland, July 6, 1946.
The mass violence of the Kielce pogrom drew on an entrenched local history of antisemitism–especially false allegations accusing Jews of using the blood of Christian children for ritual purposes (a charge known as a “blood libel”)–with the intent of discouraging the return of Jewish Holocaust survivors to Poland.
Item ViewAftermath of the Kielce pogrom
A woman mourns by the coffins of Jews who died in the Kielce pogrom. Poland, July 6, 1946.
Item ViewSynagogue destroyed during a pogrom in Bucharest
Sephardic synagogue destroyed during the January 21-23 Iron Guard pogrom. Bucharest, Romania, January 1941.
Item ViewSynagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht
Interior of a synagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass"). Dortmund, Germany, November 1938.
Item ViewJewish-owned shop destroyed during Kristallnacht
Jewish-owned shop destroyed during Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass" pogrom. Berlin, Germany, November 1938.
Item ViewBurning of the synagogue in Oberramstadt
The synagogue in Oberramstadt (a town in southwestern Germany) burns during Kristallnacht. Oberramstadt, Germany, November 9-10, 1938.
Item ViewA vandalized Jewish-owned store in Bucharest
Jewish-owned store vandalized during the January 21-23 Iron Guard pogrom. Bucharest, Romania, January 1941.
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