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Screams in Ukraine
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How can it be told in simple, quiet words? How can you gloss over the sharp outcry So that people will listen to it and be silent, With mute eyes, even without a sigh? Without a sigh, since every…

Contributor:

Alter-Sholem Kacyzne

Places:

Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1925

Subjects:

Death, Gender, Pogroms, Violence, Family

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
How Long Does a Pogrom Last?
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You have a simplistic picture of a pogrom. A well-off and respected shopkeeper lives a proud and happy life. All at once, angels of destruction pop out of nowhere and within minutes they…

Contributor:

Alexander Kapel

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Pogroms, Antisemitism, Gentiles, Violence, Economic life

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage