Wednesday, May 26, 2021

When the Mob Came for the Jews of Baghdad - WSJ

When the Mob Came for the Jews of Baghdad - WSJ
  • We heard screams all through the night.
  • Today only four known Jews remain in Iraq.
"I was 10 when mobs attacked the Jewish community of Baghdad, my community, with cruel and unimaginable violence. 
Rioters maimed, raped, killed and robbed the unsuspecting Jews. 
This massacre, which began June 1, 1941, was called the Farhud, Arabic for “violent dispossession” or pogrom.
The seeds of the Farhud had been sown two months earlier...Read all.

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