Russian Pogroms

1917

- (during World War I & Bolshevik Revolution) - relocation of Jewish populations within Russia -blame for the collapsing government stoked anti-Semitic fervor;

1880

- claim that Jews killed the czar -Only one of four assailants was Jewish -Jews were targeted because they were the minority; easily blamed -Followed by mass emigration to avoid persecution

What justification did some provide for not liking certain portions of the population?

-Claim that Jews killed the Russian czar (1880) -social and economic upheaval -document - The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (falsified, 1903)

Was it persuasive?

-Yes, pogroms occurred throughout the region -Death count in Odessa was somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 -Anti-Semitism supported by Russian czarist government, church,

Pogroms

Russian word meaning "to break" or "to break up" -Refers to the killing of, or "breaking up", Jewish populations in Russia and the Ukraine -Took place in Russia, 1880s, 1905, 1915

What did The Protocols of the Elders of Zion say?

Suggested that the Jewish population was planning to take over the world -Evidence taken from Freemason texts written in Hebrew ^Falsified documents, made up to blame the Jewish population -To rule Christians more efficiently: ^Withhold alcohol from the Christians in order to rule them better ^Send Jewish girls to seduce them