This Day in Jewish History 1906: An Assassination Sparks a Pogrom

A police chief remembered as benevolent to Bialystok's Jews said a pogrom would take place only over his dead body. That is precisely what happened.

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On June 11, 1906, an assassination took place that, several days later, sparked the horrific Bialystok pogrom.
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