Hey, pogroms also involved mass rape and large scale destruction of property, not just mass killing. Maiming, beating, and aggravated assault were thrown in as side benefits. The Jews were not the only, just the primary beneficiaries of these traditional Slavic and Baltic pastimes.
--- chuck at mutualaid.org wrote:
> Chris Doss writes:
> > Pogrom does not equal killing of Jews, it means
> mass
> > slaughter of noncombatants in this context.
>
> Well, that clears things up. I was under the
> impression that pogroms only
> involved killing Jews. That's probably how most
> Americans understand the
> word.
>
> Chuck
>
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