1946 ⟶ Khrushchev Closes Synagogues in Ukraine
Nikita Khrushchev, then the first secretary of the Communist...Year
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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.⟶

ExpulsionRussiaUkraineElizabeth of RussiaReligious Persecution18th CenturyForced Migration


🕍 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.⟶

Soviet UnionUkraineKhrushchevReligious PersecutionCommunismJewish RefugeesPost-WarEastern Europe

🔪 Kunmadaras Pogrom in Hungary
The post-WW2 Kunmadaras pogrom was the killing of 6 Jewish Holocaust survivors in Kunmadaras, Hungary.⟶

HungaryPogromPost-WarHolocaust SurvivorsAnti-SemitismEastern EuropeViolenceWWII Aftermath

💥 Miskolc Pogrom
🇵🇱 Anti-Semitism in Poland
Antisemitism swept across Poland as part of a purge of Stalinists.⟶
PolandAnti-SemitismStalinismPurgePost-warEastern EuropeCommunismJewish community
