: an organized massacre of helpless people
specifically
: such a massacre of Jews
pogromed; pogroming; pogroms
: to massacre or destroy in a pogrom
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Albert Sun,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Felix Kallmann, who, in addition to collecting art, ran a lightbulb-making company called Deutsche Gasglühlicht and the film production company Universum Film AG de Babelsberg, died of a heart attack a few days after the Kristallnacht pogrom.
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Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
29 June 2026
Other ancestors had fled aboard the Mayflower from the persecution of Puritans in England, aboard a steamship from pogroms in Ukraine, aboard a schooner from Spanish repression in Cuba.
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Yoni Appelbaum,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
My parents escaped the pogroms of eastern Europe, came here and faced hardships.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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Noun
Later in the 19th century, pogroms across Eastern Europe and the aftermath of Italian reunification drove a surge of migration to the United States.
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Albert Sun,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Felix Kallmann, who, in addition to collecting art, ran a lightbulb-making company called Deutsche Gasglühlicht and the film production company Universum Film AG de Babelsberg, died of a heart attack a few days after the Kristallnacht pogrom.
—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
29 June 2026
Other ancestors had fled aboard the Mayflower from the persecution of Puritans in England, aboard a steamship from pogroms in Ukraine, aboard a schooner from Spanish repression in Cuba.
—
Yoni Appelbaum,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
My parents escaped the pogroms of eastern Europe, came here and faced hardships.
—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pogrom. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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