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Chapter 3: Pogroms
In the days of October 1905 following the promulgation of the Manifesto by Tsar Nicholas II, pogroms claimed nearly eight thousand victims in all major cities of Ukraine. Following these disturbances, two hundred thousand Russian Jews chose exile.
In Kiev, anti-Jewish violence lasted from 18 to 20 October 1905. Irène Némirovsky, hidden behind a bed by her stove, transposed this episode into Dogs and wolves in 1939 : Sometimes the soldiers, the vagabonds, the professional looters, the terrified Jews with hysterical cries gathered at the entrance of the ghetto [...]. Then roared the roars of furious beasts. [...] These are broken windows. [... ] These are stones that fly. [... ] That’s the crowd laughing. And a woman screams as if she were being disemboweled. Why?... »
Dogs and Wolves ,1940
" Alignment of corpses of victims of a pogrom. Russia, early 20th century"Pogroms of 1905. © Shoah Memorial / CDJC / MJP
