Event · pogrom_attempt
Attempted pogrom in Bialystok in 1882
pogrom in Bialystok in 1882
Anticipated pogrom was prevented after Jewish butchers and drivers resisted attackers.
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... The butchers waved their knives, the wagon drivers
their poles and the coachmen chased the peasants on
their horses. As a result, the Poles fled back to their
towns, not only with empty sacks but with wounds
from the knives, rods and sticks. The anticipated
pogrom in Bialystok in 1882 never occurred. ...Connected nodes