Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad

E320607

anti-Jewish riot massacre pogrom violent incident

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad canonical	2
"Farhud" is an Iraqi Arabic word meaning violent dispossession or pogrom	1
Farhud pogrom	1

Statements (50)

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 pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "Farhud" is an Iraqi Arabic word meaning violent dispossession or pogrom
hasLanguageContext	Arabic ⓘ Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
hasName	Farhud ⓘ Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Farhud pogrom Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Iraqi Jews ⓘ surface form: Jewish community of Iraq
targetedGroup	Jews ⓘ
typeOfViolence	looting ⓘ mob violence ⓘ murder ⓘ riot ⓘ
victimGroupEthnicity	Iraqi Jews ⓘ Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
victimGroupReligion	Judaism ⓘ
victims	Jewish civilians ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Jews → experienced → Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad ⓘ

Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad → hasName → Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Farhud pogrom

Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad → hasName → Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad self-link ⓘ

Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad → etymology → Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Farhud" is an Iraqi Arabic word meaning violent dispossession or pogrom