Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad

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The Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad was a violent anti-Jewish riot during the Jewish festival of Shavuot, in which mobs killed and injured hundreds of Jews, looted property, and marked a turning point in the decline of the Jewish community in Iraq.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-Jewish riot ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
pogrom ⓘ
violent incident ⓘ
aftermath accelerated decline of Jewish life in Baghdad ⓘ
contributed to later exodus of Jews from Iraq ⓘ
increased insecurity for Iraqi Jews ⓘ
commemoratedBy memorial events by Iraqi Jewish communities ⓘ
commemoratedOn anniversary dates in early June ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
endDate 1941-06-02 ⓘ
etymology "Farhud" is an Iraqi Arabic word meaning violent dispossession or pogrom ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Arabic ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
hasName Farhud ⓘ
Farhud pogrom ⓘ
Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad ⓘ
historicalSignificance major episode of anti-Jewish violence in the Middle East ⓘ
precursor to mass emigration of Iraqi Jews ⓘ
turning point in the decline of the Jewish community in Iraq ⓘ
numberOfDeaths hundreds of Jews killed and injured ⓘ
over 100 ⓘ
occursDuring Jewish festival of Shavuot ⓘ
perpetrators Iraqi rioters ⓘ
anti-Jewish mobs ⓘ
local mobs ⓘ
pointInTime June 1941 ⓘ
propertyDamage Jewish homes looted ⓘ
Jewish property destroyed ⓘ
Jewish shops looted ⓘ
relatedTo Arab–Jewish relations ⓘ
World War II in the Middle East ⓘ
antisemitism in the Arab world ⓘ
history of Jews in Iraq ⓘ
religiousContext Judaism ⓘ
startDate 1941-06-01 ⓘ
takesPlaceIn Baghdad ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
targetedCommunity Jewish community of Baghdad ⓘ
Jewish community of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi Jews
targetedGroup Jews ⓘ
typeOfViolence looting ⓘ
mob violence ⓘ
murder ⓘ
riot ⓘ
victimGroupEthnicity Iraqi Jews ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
victimGroupReligion Judaism ⓘ
victims Jewish civilians ⓘ

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Iraqi Jews → experienced → Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad ⓘ
Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad → hasName → Farhud pogrom ⓘ
linked to: Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad
Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad → hasName → Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad ⓘ
Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad → etymology → "Farhud" is an Iraqi Arabic word meaning violent dispossession or pogrom ⓘ
linked to: Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad