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A '''pogrom''' (pronounced pah-GRUM) was an organized campaign of [[violence]] against [[Jewish]] settlements in [[Russia]] in the late 1800s. | A '''pogrom''' (pronounced pah-GRUM) was an organized campaign of [[violence]] against [[Jewish]] settlements in [[Russia]] in the late 1800s. | ||
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| + | According to the [[Merriam-Webster]] online dictionary: | ||
| + | * Etymology: Yiddish, from Russian, literally, devastation | ||
| + | * Date: 1903 | ||
| + | : an organized massacre of helpless people; specifically : such a massacre of Jews [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2Fpogrom&ei=36-zSr__J5XwlAeXmoj0Dg&usg=AFQjCNHXT79-ztJnLqmrUdBWEjwJ0JKatQ&sig2=AjgXSrDxmTvyqowgRIaRmQ] | ||
Revision as of 16:07, September 18, 2009
A pogrom (pronounced pah-GRUM) was an organized campaign of violence against Jewish settlements in Russia in the late 1800s.
According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary:
- Etymology: Yiddish, from Russian, literally, devastation
- Date: 1903
- an organized massacre of helpless people; specifically : such a massacre of Jews [1]