Pogroms: A Documentary History

"Pogroms: A Documentary History explores the remarkable long history of anti-Jewish violence in the East European borderlands beginning with the pogroms of 1881-1882 in the Russian Empire and concluding in Poland on the eve of World War II.

This volume begins with a comprehensive introductory essay on pogroms followed by nine case studies. Organized chronologically, each chapter includes a unique array of archival and published sources, selected and introduced by a scholar expert in the period under investigation.

The documents assembled here include eyewitness testimony, oral histories, diary excerpts, literary works, trial records, and press coverage.

They also contain memos and field reports authored by army officials, investigative commissions, humanitarian organizations, and government officials.

Each chapter explains the origins, timing, and consequences of pogrom violence at various levels of society, as well as the lives, relati