Second Kishinev pogrom

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The second Kishinev pogrom took place on October 19–20, 1905 in Kishinev (now

Revolution of 1905. 19 Jews were murdered and 56 wounded.[1][2]

The pogrom started as a right-wing demonstration against tsar's Manifesto, which turned into an attack on the Jewish quarter.[3] The pogrom was resisted by Jewish self-defense groups, with partial success. Instrumental in organizing the self-defense was the Kishinev branch of Tze'irei Zion, who issued a circular calling Jewish youth to organize the resistance to violence.[4] Between 1902 and 1905 the number of Jews in Kishinev decreased from about 60,000 to 53,000 due to emigration.[2]

See also

  • Victims of Chișinău Pogrom Monument

References

  1. ^ Pogroms, from International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
  2. ^ a b "Kishinev", YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
  3. Encyclopedia Judaica
  4. ^ "Zionism", from the translation of יהודי קישינב (Yehudei Kishinev, "The Jews of Kishinev"), Tel-Aviv, 1950
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