1946Khrushchev Closes Synagogues in Ukraine

Nikita Khrushchev, then the first secretary of the Communist...
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1946
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🚪 Expulsion of Jews from Ukraine by Elizabeth of Russia

Elizabeth of Russia issues a decree of expulsion of all the Jews out of Ukraine. Her resolution to the Senate's appeal regarding harm to the trade: "I don't desire any profits from the enemies of Christ". One of the deportees is Antonio Ribera Sanchez, her own personal physician and the head of army's medical dept.
Expulsion of Jews from Ukraine by Elizabeth of Russia (1742)
ExpulsionRussiaUkraineElizabeth of RussiaReligious Persecution18th CenturyForced Migration
RussiaRussiaUkraineUkraine

🕍 Khrushchev Closes Synagogues in Ukraine

Nikita Khrushchev, then the first secretary of the Communist party of Ukraine, closes many synagogues (the number declines from 450 to 60) and prevents Jewish refugees from returning to their homes.
Khrushchev Closes Synagogues in Ukraine (1946)
Soviet UnionUkraineKhrushchevReligious PersecutionCommunismJewish RefugeesPost-WarEastern Europe
UkraineUkraine

🔪 Kunmadaras Pogrom in Hungary

The post-WW2 Kunmadaras pogrom was the killing of 6 Jewish Holocaust survivors in Kunmadaras, Hungary.
Kunmadaras Pogrom in Hungary (1946)
HungaryPogromPost-WarHolocaust SurvivorsAnti-SemitismEastern EuropeViolenceWWII Aftermath
HungaryHungary

💥 Miskolc Pogrom

HungaryPogromPost-WarAnti-SemitismEastern EuropeViolenceWWII Aftermath
HungaryHungary

🇵🇱 Anti-Semitism in Poland

Antisemitism swept across Poland as part of a purge of Stalinists.
PolandAnti-SemitismStalinismPurgePost-warEastern EuropeCommunismJewish community
PolandPoland