Miskolc pogrom
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The Miskolc Jewish black marketeer, the wounding of another, and subsequently the death of a Jewish policeman in Miskolc, Hungary, July 30 and August 1, 1946. Economic hardship and anti-Semitism motivated the riots.
Lieutenant General László Piros[1] participated in the riots.
Blood libel rumors had led to violence in Kunmadaras and Teplicany, and were present in Miskolc before the riot.
speculators
" and suggesting death for them.
Reports (likely from the police) circulated of the arrest of three black marketeers, two of them Jewish.
The prisoners were to be moved to an internment camp
on the morning of the 31st.
A mob awaited them, displaying signs with slogans like "Death to the Jews" and "Death to the Black Marketeers." The mob attacked.
One man was murdered, another beaten severely, and a third (not Jewish) escaped.
That afternoon, police appeared in force and arrested sixteen people for the lynching. The crowd attacked the police, occupied the police station, and murdered a Jewish policeman.[2]
Jewish caricatures; likely this was to deflect public grievances about hyperinflation and otherwise poor economic conditions.[2]
References
- ISBN 9781412806091.
- ^ ISBN 9780385515696.
- Peter Kenez (Spring 2001). "Antisemitism in Post World War II Hungary — violence, riots; Communist Party policy". Judaism. American Jewish Congress.
Further reading
- Nehemiah Robinson (1956). European Jewry Ten Years After the War: An Account of the Development and Present Status of the Decimated Jewish Communities of Europe. New York: Institute of Jewish Affairs of the World Jewish Congress. p. 167.
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