The Plunder: The 1898 Anti-Jewish Riots in Habsburg GaliciaDaniel Unowsky
During the first six months of 1898, anti-Jewish riots broke out in Polish western and central Galicia, located within the Habsburg Empire. Carried out primarily by Polish peasants against Jews and their property within small market towns and villages, between April and June the riots quickly spread...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 315-337 |
| Review of: | The Plunder (Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018) (Kopstein, Jeffrey)
The Plunder (Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018) (Kopstein, Jeffrey) |
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| Summary: | During the first six months of 1898, anti-Jewish riots broke out in Polish western and central Galicia, located within the Habsburg Empire. Carried out primarily by Polish peasants against Jews and their property within small market towns and villages, between April and June the riots quickly spread to more than 400 communities. Daniel Unowsky’s well-written and thoroughly researched study provides a sophisticated account of why the riots occurred, what actually happened, public and official reaction, and the events’ long-term impact. Unowsky eschews the term “pogrom”: these events were far less violent than what transpired in Russia before and after this date. Despite widespread property damage and multiple injuries, no Jews died. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcaa033 |