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The Cross
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We were too late. The pogrom erupted that very night, suddenly, like an exploding mine, and in my own neighborhood. The first screams came to me confused, in a hazy dream. Then it dawned on me what…

Contributor:

Lamed Shapiro

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Shtetl, Pogroms, Violence, Antisemitism, Sexual violence

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Victim Testimonies of the 1903 Kishinev Pogrom
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[This testimony was] given by rape victim Rivke Shif. She is the wife of Shabse Shif, a shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers. (He lived at 11…

Contributor:

Chaim Nahman Bialik

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Pogroms, Violence, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Sexism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage