Pogroms
Pogroms are episodes of anti-Jewish collective violence often shaped by rumor, political crisis, and official tolerance.
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The idea
A pogrom is not simply spontaneous anger. It usually depends on a climate in which Jews are already imagined as collectively guilty or outside normal protection.
The recurring move
Rumor, incitement, and permissive authority make violence thinkable. The crowd acts locally, but the myths are often older and widely shared.
Iraq · The Farhud, June 1941
On 1–2 June 1941, during Shavuot, violence struck Baghdad’s Jews after a pro-Axis political crisis and the collapse of immediate authority. Jews were killed, wounded and robbed. Anti-Jewish incitement helped make the community a target, while some Muslim neighbours intervened to protect people.
About this Tree
The taxonomy is adapted from JewHateMap. Each topic includes a sourced country story. Connections help explain related ideas; they do not establish an inevitable chain of events.