Anti-Jewish Violence: Rethinking the Pogrom in East European History - Hardcover

This volume is an important contribution to the study of Jewish-Russian relations from the end of the nineteenth and into the first half of the twentieth century. . . . [T]he articles complement each other and create an interesting and complex narrative of inter-ethnic relations in Eastern Europe and the USSR, drawing on new archival research from across the post-Soviet space. * Slavonic and East European Review * [A] very welcome addition to collections on Jewish history and society... * Religious Studies Review * Anti-Jewish Violence, a major scholarly achievement, is indispensable reading for everybody interested in Russian Jewish history. September, 2011 * H-Judaic *

Although overshadowed in historical memory by the Holocaust, the anti-Jewish pogroms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were at the time unrivaled episodes of ethnic violence. Incorporating newly available primary sources, this collection of groundbreaking essays by researchers from Europe, the United States, and Israel investigates the phenomenon of anti-Jewish violence, the local and transnational responses to pogroms, and instances where violence was averted. Focusing on the period from World War I through Russia's early revolutionary years, the studies include Poland, Ukraine, Belorussia, Lithuania, Crimea, and Siberia.