Articles related to "Pogroms"

Inter-ethnic tensions in the pre-revolution Russian Empire were commonplace, but the pogroms against Jews in Kishinev gained worldwide notoriety.

"We must not be silent condemning anti-Semitism", German chancellor Angela Merkel declared Sunday, November 9, as Germany commemorated attacks on Jews 70 years ago.

Although Britain remains strongly Anglo-Norman-Celtic, nearly two hundred years of migration have started to bring a greater diversity to the island.

The last community of European Jews was rescued from death in the final days of World War II by a singular man whose passion serves as a role model for every generation.

Two hoards of medieval jewellery from France and Germany, including three early Jewish wedding rings, dress ornaments, silver vessels, coins and ingots, go on display.

The annual remembrance of Kristallnacht, on November 9 and 10 is the world's memorial to the start of the Jewish Holocaust, when fires raged across Germany and Austria.

One of the side effects of Pope Urban II's call for Crusade in 1095 was an increase in violence against Jews in France and Germany.

Writer Alex Thomson argues that "Ethnicity may often be the agent of political mobilization but it is rarely the primary cause of conflicts."

Speyer, a city on the left bank of the Rhine, has a medieval old town and is most famous for its Imperial Cathedral, an ancient Jewish bath and two world-class museums.

After years of disinterest, Looney Tunes studio teams up with State of Tasmania to help save the Tasmanian Devil from extinction.

Poland's Jews had two options after WWII - to emigrate or to stay in Poland and attempt to rebuild lives and communities. Those who stayed faced a hostile environment.

Emma Lazarus embraced her heritage as an American Jew, and her poem "The New Colossus" became a symbol for opportunities of freedom.

The life story of one of the world's foremost hunter of Nazis.

The myth of Blood Libel, despite its incredulity in modern times, has persisted for centuries and has been the source of much violent anti-Semitism.

The Muslim Hui people of Yunnan suffered from years of abuse and then were subject to a massacre. They launched a revolt which created the independent state of Pingnan.

As Adolf Hitler began his brutish campaign to slaughter all the Jews of Europe Canada's highest officials turned their backs on those trying to escape.

Spitalfields has been home to immigrants from refugee French Protestants in the 1600s to today's Bangladeshi community - each new nation leaving its mark on the place.

This article discusses the role of the Church in propogating anti-Jewish sentiment in Europe, particulary in Germany.

Jews are often labeled as doctors, lawyers or accountants. Where did this stereotype come from and how much truth lies behind it?

From their rise to power in 1933 to the outbreak of war in 1939, the Nazi regime followed a systematic policy designed to ostracize German Jews from normal society.

Before World War II, Jews in Nazi Germany suffered a resurge in anti-Semitism. Author Saul Friedlander offers an objective account in his book.

Although the title 1984 has passed its use-by-date, George Orwell's political and social warnings are as relevant (or more so) than in 1949 when the book was written.

Evidence suggests that Nazi Germany had many willing executioners, perhaps as many as 200,000, in the mass extermination of European Jews. This charge has drawn anger.

The persecution of the Jews in Europe is a long history of bitterness and hatred among Catholics and Protestants, culminating in the 20th Century Holocaust.

An official dossier from Pakistan's government singles out the Pakistani militant group Lashkar E-Taiba as responsible for the attacks, with direct links to Al Qaeda.

The German takeover of Austria in 1938 was known as the Anschluss. Why did Germany do this, and what was Austrian public opinion with regard to the Anschluss at the time?

The growth of late 19th century American cities can be attributed to an influx of rural people as well as masses of European immigrants seeking a better way of life.

Jews, who first arrived in England in appreciable numbers in 1070, were feared, hated and envied. This was an explosive formula that was bound to lead to tragedy.

Today's Montreal is made up of a lot more nationalities and ethnic groups than the original French and English that settled Quebec, making it a vibrant cosmopolitan city.

The rebirth of a Jewish homeland was the culmination of centuries of oppression and persecution, ending with the Holocaust and the establishment of the state of Israel.

Ralph Bakshi's animated epic tells the story of four generations of a musical family and how their struggles parallel American history in the 20th century.

While Paris has done its best to promote the myth of the heroic French resistance to the German occupation of 1940-1944, the truth appears to be quite the opposite.

The Babi Yar massacres began in 1941 when SS troops murdered over 30,000 Jews from Kiev, starting a two year period of mass murder in the ravine at Lukyanouka.