Language:
English
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
East European Jewish Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
34,2 (2004) 119-138
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 19th century
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Antisemitism History 19th century
;
Antisemitism History 19th century
;
Antisemitism History 19th century
;
Jews History 19th century
;
Pogroms History 19th century
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Pogroms History 19th century
Abstract:
Contrary to the opinion that in 1881-82 a wave of pogroms swept only through the south of Russia, shows that in this period outbreaks of anti-Jewish violence, albeit of a lesser scale, took place also in the Lithuanian provinces. Dismisses Dubnow's theory that the pogroms were incited by the government, and that the governor-general of Vilnius, Eduard Ivanovich Totleben, prevented their outbreak, and describes how anti-Jewish violence erupted in this area in the early 1880s, how the Jews reacted to rumors of pogroms, and what measures were taken by local authorities to prevent their spread. The causes of the pogroms were traditional anti-Judaism supported by the clergy; rumors of pogroms in Ukraine; and the anti-Jewish May Laws, which created an illusion that perpetrators would not be punished. The pogroms in the northwest were less intensive, not only because this region, in comparison to Ukraine, was characterized by economic stagnation, but also because tsarist authorities took measures against them, e.g. by sending a telegram to Totleben.
Note:
Appeared in Lithuanian in "Kai ksenofobija virsta prievarta" (2005) 51-78.
DOI:
10.1080/1350167052000340913
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