: 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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Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Most Jews in South Africa came from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia—escaping pogroms and the restrictions on their lives imposed by Czarist Russia, and attracted to South Africa by reports of newfound wealth.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
While the Chinese pavilion charmed visitors to the Centennial, Chinese immigrants in California were enduring racist pogroms.
—Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
The investigation has been extended until July, which will mark the 85th anniversary of the pogrom.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
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Intellectual honesty requires acknowledging that the United States is not Weimar Germany or Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlement, where deadly pogroms against Jews were a regular feature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
—Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Most Jews in South Africa came from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia—escaping pogroms and the restrictions on their lives imposed by Czarist Russia, and attracted to South Africa by reports of newfound wealth.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
While the Chinese pavilion charmed visitors to the Centennial, Chinese immigrants in California were enduring racist pogroms.
—Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
The investigation has been extended until July, which will mark the 85th anniversary of the pogrom.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pogrom. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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